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Capriccio showing a ruined circular temple, partially open, with shallow coffered dome above a two-bay bridge with sculpture and balustrading, which leads to a column on a pedestal with a figure on top.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/107
Purpose
Capriccio showing a ruined circular temple, partially open, with shallow coffered dome above a two-bay bridge with sculpture and balustrading, which leads to a column on a pedestal with a figure on top.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 107
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen, grey wash179 x 215
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
This composition is an enlarged version of the red chalk drawing by Jean-Baptiste Lallemand (1716-1803) in Adam vol.55/97. The small bridge is a version of that found in 55/105, which was probably also derived from Lallemand. The band of grey wash on the album leaf suggests that an additional wash was given to the drawing after it was placed in its present position, presumably by Robert Adam (see Adam vol.55/108).
Literature
Rep. A. A. Tait, Robert Adam, The Creative Mind: from the sketch to the finished drawing, catalogue of an exhibition at Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 1996, p.7
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Robert Adam, The Creative Mind: from the Sketch to the Finished Drawing, Sir John Soane's Museum, 4 October 1996 - 1 March 1997; The Frick Collection, New York, December 1997 - April 1998; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, May - June 1998; The Octagon Museum, Washington, July 1998 - January 1999; Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, February - March 1999
The Adam Brothers in Rome: Drawings from the Grand Tour, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 25 September 2008 - 14 February 2009
The Adam Brothers in Rome: Drawings from the Grand Tour, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 25 September 2008 - 14 February 2009
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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