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1553 (made)
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Artist/Maker
Perino Del Vaga (designer)
Place Of Origin
Italy (made)

A volume containing designs on 84 sheets for caryatids and terms. Drawn in black chalk, pen and brown ink with brown wash on watermarked paper, full bound in vellum.


object details
Object Type
Volume
Materials and Techniques
Volume of 84 sheets, full bound in vellum. Designs drawn in black chalk, pen and brown ink with brown wash on watermarked paper.
Vellum
Paper
Black Chalk
Pen
Brown Ink
Drawing
Brief Description
A volume containing designs on 84 sheets for caryatids and terms. Attributed to circle of Perino del Vaga (1501-1547). Italian, 1553. Black chalk, pen and brown ink with brown wash on watermarked paper, full bound in vellum.
Physical Description
A volume containing designs on 84 sheets for caryatids and terms. Drawn in black chalk, pen and brown ink with brown wash on watermarked paper, full bound in vellum.
Marks and Inscriptions
  • Libri VIII D.K.V. Primo Volum (Inscribed in brown ink on the fly leaf)
  • Toschano (Inscribed on sheets 1 to 4)
  • Doricho (Inscribed on sheets 5 to 6)
  • Ionico (Inscribed on sheets 7 to 8)
  • Corinthio (Inscribed on sheets 9 to 10)
  • Composito (Inscribed on sheet 11)
  • 1553 (Dated on sheets 12,13, 24, 35, 46, 69)
  • Loretta e Guido Lello e Mano Novembre 1924 (Inscribed at the front of the volume)
Production
The authorship of this volume is uncertain. A mid-16th century drawing in Florence incorrectly attributed to Cremonini (d.1610) may be by the same hand as this volume, and includes ornament of the type used by Francesco Salviati. Similar figures were drawn by Bartolommeo Bandinelli.
Subjects depicted
Terms
Caryatids
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession Number
E.1018:1-84-1989

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record createdJuly 1, 2009
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