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Sangallo family|Marcus Pollio Vitruvius

Recto: Temple Types: Amphiprostyle (Vitruvius, Book 3, Chapter 2, no. 4); Verso: Temple Types: Pseudodipteral (Vitruvius, Book 3, Chapter 2, no. 6).

1530–45
Pen and dark brown ink
15 × 26.5 cm (5.9 × 10.4 in)

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