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Capriccio, probably unfinished, showing part of the interior of an octagonal building with a steep dome supported by grouped columns. On either side are two coffered niches with panel reliefs above.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/91
Purpose
Capriccio, probably unfinished, showing part of the interior of an octagonal building with a steep dome supported by grouped columns. On either side are two coffered niches with panel reliefs above.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 91
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen122 x 151
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
There are several exercises of this sort with alternating openings under a dome, see Adam vol.55/90, 94, 103 and 147. The drawing is similar in composition and draughtsmanship to 55/90, and both can be compared with the interior view in 55/94. It may also be related to 55/143 verso and Adam vol.4/88; it may be a variation on the interior of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Rome, which particularly interested Robert Adam (see J. Fleming, Robert Adam and His Circle in Edinburgh & Rome, London, 1962, p.352; and Clerk Collection, Scotland, Clerk 4).
Level
Drawing
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