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Capriccio showing a group of overgrown ruins with two curving walls with columns and vaulting, with coffering above. In the background is another curved, domed and coffered building of four bays, divided by columns.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/76
Purpose
Capriccio showing a group of overgrown ruins with two curving walls with columns and vaulting, with coffering above. In the background is another curved, domed and coffered building of four bays, divided by columns.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 76
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen186 x 222
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 may be compared with a similar composition in 55/74, which is unfinished and less elaborate. It is possible that this is a version by Adam of a sketch by Clérisseau, indicative of the collaborative nature of several of the drawings in this group.
Level
Drawing
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