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Carlo Urbino
active 16th century
"Della distanzia nel vedere delle grandezze de' corpi rette all'orizonte sopra al pian naturale et supperiori et inferiori all'occhio." Verso: Conclusion of text on recto, and chapter entitled "Della prima distanzia e retto vedere. Cap. V" (Codex Huygens, fol. 96)
7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches (185 x 135 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, inscribed with stylus and compass on laid paper.
2006.14:96
Purchased in 1938.
Notes
B V, The fifth book or "Regola" (Perspective), 1, General introduction, theory of light and shade, and "lineamenti", (c) "Lineamenti": Single quantities--Panofsky.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed "96", in upper right-hand corner, by Constantine Huygens.
Watermark: Tail of serpent, fragment.
Watermark: Tail of serpent, fragment.
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. 65.
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Century Drawings
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