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The Composite Order

in or before 1570

Italian 16th Century

Artist

Medium

engraving
Credit Line

Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection
Accession

1983.49.119.p26

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Regola delli Cinque Ordini d'Architettura Di M. Iacomo Barozzio Da Vignola

Vignola

1570

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Hippolyte-Alexandre-Gabriel-Walker Destailleur (bookplate); Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1983.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, as The Corinthian Order in Regola delli Cinque Ordini d'Architettura.

Wikidata ID

Q74044154

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