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Unfinished capriccio showing columns and pilasters supporting round-headed vaults on two levels, possibly ruinous. In the distance are more vaults and coffering.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/32
Purpose
Unfinished capriccio showing columns and pilasters supporting round-headed vaults on two levels, possibly ruinous. In the distance are more vaults and coffering.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 32
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Black chalk186 x 249
Hand
Charles-Louis Clérisseau (attributed to)
Watermark
star in circle
Notes
There is a group of similar sketches showing ruins in this volume, see Adam vol.55/71-77, all executed in a deliberately casual style, and which may have served as the inspiration for watercolours by both Robert Adam and Charles-Louis Clérisseau. Among this group, Adam vol.55/75 is close in spirit to the composition shown here; both are in black chalk and are probably related to the watercolour attributed to Clérisseau in Adam vol.55/67. There is another group of similar drawings in Adam volume 56, see Adam vol.56/87-108, several of which are by Clérisseau.
Level
Drawing
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