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  • image Adam vol.55/64

Reference number

Adam vol.55/64

Purpose

Capriccio showing a doorway within a relief arch and segmental pediment, all on steps, with a small attic decorated with a Greek key pattern and supported on giant consoles at each corner on top of fluted pilasters.

Aspect

Elevation

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink on drawing 64

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1755 - 56

Medium and dimensions

Pen138 x 124

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

The use of giant consoles and broken pediments here suggests that this may be a stylistic essay in the manner of the cinquecento, of which Adam vol.55/176 recto and 179 offer designs in the same spirit.

Level

Drawing

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