Recto: "Libro Primo, Chapo Quarto..." (Vitruvius, Book 1, Chapter 4); Verso: The Fortification of City Walls (Vitruvius, Book 1, Chapter 5). Artist: Attributed to a member of the Sangallo family (Florence, ca. 1530-1545). Author: Original Treatise Written by Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century B.C.). Dimensions: sheet: 5 5/8 x 11 1/16 in. (14.3 x 28.1 cm). Date: 1530-45.The creator of this drawing was an experienced draftsman of military technology and architecture, as is evident by his use of perspective and in the level of surface detail with which he elaborated the forms presented here. This proficiency is clear when compared to illustrations of military fortifications in early printed editions of Vitruvius (see the edition of 1524 by Durantino).The fortification of cities and ports was a specialty of the Sangallo family and of Antonio da Sangallo "The Younger" in particular, as he worked as a military engineer in the papal court in Rome. A prolific architect an

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Recto: "Libro Primo, Chapo Quarto..." (Vitruvius, Book 1, Chapter 4); Verso: The Fortification of City Walls (Vitruvius, Book 1, Chapter 5). Artist: Attributed to a member of the Sangallo family (Florence, ca. 1530-1545). Author: Original Treatise Written by Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century B.C.). Dimensions: sheet: 5 5/8 x 11 1/16 in. (14.3 x 28.1 cm). Date: 1530-45.The creator of this drawing was an experienced draftsman of military technology and architecture, as is evident by his use of perspective and in the level of surface detail with which he elaborated the forms presented here. This proficiency is clear when compared to illustrations of military fortifications in early printed editions of Vitruvius (see the edition of 1524 by Durantino).The fortification of cities and ports was a specialty of the Sangallo family and of Antonio da Sangallo "The Younger" in particular, as he worked as a military engineer in the papal court in Rome. A prolific architect an

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