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Architectural capriccio: an Ancient arch and tomb with figures and goats
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Charles Louis Clérisseau (1721 - 1820)
Architectural capriccio: an Ancient arch and tomb with figures and goats
1760s
Dated 176-
Dated 176-
Pencil with coloured washes on laid paper
Inscription: [In the form of a fake Roman memorial inscription on the tomb to the left]
DIIS MAN / CLERISS. / FECIT [?] / ANN. DOM. / 1763
Signed and Dated: 1763
Inscription language: Latin
DIIS MAN / CLERISS. / FECIT [?] / ANN. DOM. / 1763
Signed and Dated: 1763
Inscription language: Latin
Museum number: XP25
Not on display
Curatorial note
Roundel.
Literature
Frances Sands, Fanciful Figures: People in Architectural Drawings [published by Sir John Soane's Museum to accompany the exhibition of the same name], 2024, pp.16-17
Associated items
XP26, pair
Presented by an anonymous donor, 1993
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