Recto: The Port City of Alexandria (? Allusion to Dinocrates's Building of Alexandria, Vitruvius, Book 2, introduction, no. 1); Verso: Fragmentary Writing ("Libro Primo...").

Sangallo family|Marcus Pollio Vitruvius

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Title: Recto: The Port City of Alexandria (? Allusion to Dinocrates's Building of Alexandria, Vitruvius, Book 2, introduction, no. 1); Verso: Fragmentary Writing ("Libro Primo...").
Creator: Sangallo family|Marcus Pollio Vitruvius
Date Created: 1530–45
Physical Dimensions: sheet: 8 3/8 x 5 9/16 in. (21.2 x 14.2 cm)
Type: Drawing
External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/383096
Medium: Pen and dark brown ink
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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