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Carlo Urbino
active 16th century
"Seconda figura del terzo vedere inferiore. Cp. II" (Codex Huygens, fol. 122)
7 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches (182 x 139 mm)
Pen and brown ink, black chalk, inscribed with stylus on laid paper.
2006.14:122
Purchased in 1938.
Notes
B V, The fifth book or "Regola" (Perspective), 4, Rules of perspective applied to human figures in bird's eye view--Panofsky.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed "122", in upper right-hand corner, by Constantine Huygens.
Watermark: Lower body, legs of pilgrim(?) in circle, above trefoil and letters "PV", fragment.
Watermark: Lower body, legs of pilgrim(?) in circle, above trefoil and letters "PV", 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. 79, fig. 70 (repr.)
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Century Drawings
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