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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.
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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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