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De Architectura Libri Dece (Ten Books of Architecture)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Influence of: Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452–1519)
Author: Vitruvius Pollio
Printer: Gottardo da Ponte (Italian, active 1498–1549)
Influence of: Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452–1519)
Author: Vitruvius Pollio
Printer: Gottardo da Ponte (Italian, active 1498–1549)
1521
Place of Publication: Como, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 117 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 41 x 29 x 4.5 cm (16 1/8 x 11 7/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number41.45
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Como: Gottardo da Ponte, 1521
Catalogue Raisonné
Mortimer, Italian, 544; Sander 7696; Fowler 395; Brunet V, 1330
Description(Como: Gottardo da Ponte, 1521) Folio; 192 leaves; eighteenth-century gilt-stamped spotted calf binding, dark red cloth box.
Selected illustrations: initial Q with figure (author?) writing at a desk (fol. A1r); plan and sectional diagrams of Milan cathedral (B6r, B7r&v); "Vitruvian" man (G2r); architectural orders (H6r); large allegorical design (M4r)
Selected illustrations: initial Q with figure (author?) writing at a desk (fol. A1r); plan and sectional diagrams of Milan cathedral (B6r, B7r&v); "Vitruvian" man (G2r); architectural orders (H6r); large allegorical design (M4r)
ProvenanceV.A.G.C. Villiers, Earl of Jersey, Osterley Park (born 1845); Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (1898-1984); Harvard College Library, from whom purchased by MFA, February 13, 1941.