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Carlo Urbino
active 16th century
Human figure inscribed within geometric shapes (Codex Huygens, fol. 69)
7 1/8 x 5 5/16 inches (182 x 135 mm)
Pen and brown ink over black chalk, inscribed with metal stylus on laid paper.
2006.14:69
Purchased in 1938.
Notes
Fol. 69 is a stray page originally not belonging in its present context--Panofsky, p. 18.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed "69", in upper right-hand corner, by Constantine Huygens.
Watermark: Serpent, with crown on head, wrapped around staff with bulbous head, fragment.
Watermark: Serpent, with crown on head, wrapped around staff with bulbous head, 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. 12, 13, 18, 120.
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Century Drawings
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