Recto: Front Elevation of a Roman Temple in Ruins (inspired by Giuliano da Sangallo); Verso: Elevation of the Nave of a Roman Basilica in Ruins (? the Basilica Giulia, inspired by Giuliano da Sangallo).
Sangallo family · 1530–45
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Recto: Temple Types: Amphiprostyle (Vitruvius, Book 3, Chapter 2, no. 4); Verso: Temple Types: Pseudodipteral (Vitruvius, Book 3, Chapter 2, no. 6).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Architectural Study: The Measured Profiles of the Cornice and Entablature of the "Colonnacce" from the Forum Transitorium (the "Palace of Nerva")
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Recto: "Libro Primo, Chapo Quarto..." (Vitruvius, Book 1, Chapter 4); Verso: The Fortification of City Walls (Vitruvius, Book 1, Chapter 5).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Port City of Alexandria (? Allusion to Dinocrates's Building of Alexandria, Vitruvius, Book 2, introduction, no. 1) (recto); Fragmentary Writing ("Libro Primo...") (verso)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Recto: Landscape with Trees and Figures (? Remarks on the Winds and the Lay-out of the City; Vitruvius, Book 1, Chapter 6, nos. 2, 3): Verso: Blank.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Recto: On Timber, the Species of Trees (Vitruvius, Book 2, Chapter 9, no. 4); Verso: On Timber, the Battle of Larignium (Vitruvius, Book 2, Chapter 9, no. 15)..
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Recto: The Houses of the Barbarians (Vitruvius, Book 2, Chapter 1, nos. 3, 4); Verso: The Aeropagus in Athens with Cave Houses (Vitruvius, Book 2, Chapter 1, no. 5).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Recto: Temple Types: in Antis and Prostyle (Vitruvius, Book 3, Chapter 2, nos. 2, 3); Verso: Temple Types: Peripteral (Vitruvius, Book 3, Chapter 2, no. 5).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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