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Capriccio showing an interior of a ruined apsidal, vaulted hall with pedimented doorways entered through a large depressed arch, with sculpture in panels and niches, and ruined coffering above.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/71
Purpose
Capriccio showing an interior of a ruined apsidal, vaulted hall with pedimented doorways entered through a large depressed arch, with sculpture in panels and niches, and ruined coffering above.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 71
Signed and dated
- Undated, 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen143 x 186
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
star in circle
Notes
This composition is part of a group of mostly ink drawings, Adam vol.55/71-77, executed in a deliberately casual style that may have served as the inspiration for more elaborate watercolours by both Robert Adam and Charles-Louis Clérisseau (1721-1820) that can be seen in volume 56, see Adam vol.56/123, and in this volume in Adam vol.55/67. This drawing can be seen to have been taken from the small pen sketch in Adam vol.55/81 verso. It is in Robert Adam's rather cramped hand and contrasts with the freedom of other sketches by Adam such as 55/72 or 73. The accuracy of the perspective here is doubtful.
Level
Drawing
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