Saturday, May 06, 2006

BRITISH ARCHITECTURAL LIBRARY ACQUIRES RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS

The British Architectural Library has acquired the series of 16th century pen and ink drawings known as the Codex Stosch. The 50 drawings are by a member of Raphael’s circle, Giovanni Battista da Sangallo (1496-1548) and depict 16 ancient buildings in and near Rome. Caroline Lewis has written an informative article on the Codex for 24hourmuseum:
www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART37119.html