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Sangallo family|Marcus Pollio Vitruvius

Recto: Landscape with Trees and Figures (? Remarks on the Winds and the Lay-out of the City; Vitruvius, Book 1, Chapter 6, nos. 2, 3): Verso: Blank.

1530–45
Pen and dark brown ink
16 × 14 cm (6.3 × 5.5 in)

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