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Capriccio showing a curved and ruined colonnade with the remains of a coffered dome supported by six columns above three bays of a barrel-vaulted building with a staricase leading upwards. In the foreground are two figures seated on architectural fragments in a landscape setting.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/110
Purpose
Capriccio showing a curved and ruined colonnade with the remains of a coffered dome supported by six columns above three bays of a barrel-vaulted building with a staricase leading upwards. In the foreground are two figures seated on architectural fragments in a landscape setting.
Aspect
Perspectiveverso elevation, plans
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 110
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen, wash80 x 136
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Pen capricci showing an elevation of a five-bay building with two pedimented pavilion towers; two small plans, possibly of temples.
Notes
The style and scale of this composition indicate it may be derived from a drawing by Jean-Baptiste Lallemand (1716-1803), such as Adam vol.55/97.
Level
Drawing
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