Recto: The Port City of Alexandria (? Allusion to Dinocrates's Building of Alexandria, Vitruvius, Book 2, introduction, no. 1); Verso: Fragmentary Writing ("Libro Primo...").
Object type: Drawing Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Sangallo family|Marcus Pollio Vitruvius
Artist bio: Florence, ca. 1530–1545|Roman, active late 1st century BCE
Artist role: Artist|Author
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: 1530–45
Medium: Pen and dark brown ink
Dimensions: sheet: 8 3/8 x 5 9/16 in. (21.2 x 14.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: Purchase, Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, by exchange, 2008
Accession year: 2008
Tags: Cities