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Capriccio showing the ruins of a curved three-storey building with columns, coffered niches and vaulting. In the foreground is a sculpture panel and fragment of a lion in relief.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/56
Purpose
Capriccio showing the ruins of a curved three-storey building with columns, coffered niches and vaulting. In the foreground is a sculpture panel and fragment of a lion in relief.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 56
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Black chalk200 x 203
Hand
Robert Adam (attributed to)
Watermark
horned crown
Notes
There is a similar, but more complex, composition in pen and wash in Adam vol.55/99, which in turn is related to the tomb capricci found in volume 56, see particularly Adam vol.56/102 and 104.
Level
Drawing
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