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  • image Adam vol.55/110

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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