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Carlo Urbino
active 16th century
"Del foco. Terza per l'ombra dimostratione" (Codex Huygens, fol. 90)
7 1/8 x 9 1/16 inches (182 x 230 mm)
Black chalk, pen and brown ink, red chalk, lines inscribed with stylus on laid paper. Verso: Pen and brown ink inscriptions.
2006.14:90
Purchased in 1938.
Notes
B V, The fifth book or "Regola" (Perspective), 1, General introduction, theory of light and shade, and "lineamenti", (b) Theory of light and shade--Panofsky.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed "90", in upper right-hand corner, by Constantine Huygens.
Watermark: Serpent between letters "BM", on chain line (similar to Briquet 13691; Bergamo 1573).
Watermark: Serpent between letters "BM", on chain line (similar to Briquet 13691; Bergamo 1573).
Associated names
Leemput, Remy van, 1607-1675, former owner.
Leemput, Remy van, Mrs., 17th cent., former owner.
Huygens, Constantijn, 1628-1697, former owner.
Mensing, Ant. W. M., 1866-1936, former owner.
Leemput, Remy van, Mrs., 17th cent., former owner.
Huygens, Constantijn, 1628-1697, former owner.
Mensing, Ant. W. M., 1866-1936, former owner.
Bibliography
Erwin Panofsky, The Codex Huygens and Leonardo da Vinci's Art Theory, The Pierpont Morgan Library Codex M.A. 1139 (Studies of the Warburg Institute, XIII), London, 1940, p. 61, fig. 51 (repr.)
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