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Carlo Urbino
active 16th century
"Quarta figura sotto al secondo vedere superiore. ... Cp. IIII." Verso: Conclusion of text on recto (Codex Huygens, fol. 115)
7 1/4 x 5 9/16 inches (185 x 141 mm)
Pen and brown ink, black chalk, inscribed with stylus on laid paper. Verso: Pen and brown ink, black chalk.
2006.14:115
Purchased in 1938.
Notes
Text: "Quarta figura sotto al secondo vedere superiore. Per il profilo in ginochione si dimostra il suo scurto in faccia sotto alle due vedute. Cp. IIII." Verso: Conclusion of text on recto.
B V, The fifth book or "Regola" (Perspective), 3, Rules of perspective applied to human figures in worm's eye view, (a) Single figures--Panofsky.
B V, The fifth book or "Regola" (Perspective), 3, Rules of perspective applied to human figures in worm's eye view, (a) Single figures--Panofsky.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed "115", in upper right-hand corner, by Constantine Huygens.
Watermark: Letter "b" over serpent's head, with spikes and eye, fragment.
Watermark: Letter "b" over serpent's head, with spikes and eye, 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. 76.
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Century Drawings
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