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Sangallo family|Marcus Pollio Vitruvius

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

1530–45
Pen and dark brown ink
21.2 × 14.2 cm (8.3 × 5.6 in)

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