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Capriccio showing the interior of a ruined, domed temple with columns, niche and pedimented doorway, which is beside a temple front of two bays on a vault, and is set within a landscape. In the foreground are architectural fragments; beneath trees is an urn on a pedestal.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/98
Purpose
Capriccio showing the interior of a ruined, domed temple with columns, niche and pedimented doorway, which is beside a temple front of two bays on a vault, and is set within a landscape. In the foreground are architectural fragments; beneath trees is an urn on a pedestal.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 98
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen, grey wash170 x 190
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
This drawing is a companion to a similar composition in wash in Adam vol.55/99, which presents another view of a ruined classical interior. The drawing may also be associated with several of the watercolours attributed to Charles-Louis Clérisseau (1721-1820) in volume 56 that take the sarcophagus as their theme.
Level
Drawing
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