Design for the base and capital of a Corinthian column

BEHAM, Sebald (Nuremberg 1500 - Frankfurt 1550).

Design for the base and capital of a Corinthian column.

Engraving, 1543

99x142 mm.

Signed with monogram and dated at centre and lettered there 'VITRUVIUS'.

Bibliography:

Bartsch VIII.222.253

Hollstein 261.III

Pauli 1900-11 261.III

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Lettered along upper and lower edge: 'CAPITULI CORINTHI ABACI SCAPIQZ COLUNAE CU PERPENDETIBUS LINEIS AC/ EIUS SPIRAE PROIECTIOE SYMMETRIA/ GRUNT ZUM CAPITEL UND FUSS ZU DER SCHUNEN SEULEN DER CORINCHER'.

Provenance: two Baron Adalbert von Lanna collector´s mark (Lugt 2773) and handwritten graphite inscription on the verso.