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Unfinished capriccio showing an elevation with a Venetian doorway in the centre, with niches containing sculpture on either side, continuing with other columns and niches with rectangular relief panels above.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/112
Purpose
Unfinished capriccio showing an elevation with a Venetian doorway in the centre, with niches containing sculpture on either side, continuing with other columns and niches with rectangular relief panels above.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 112
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Black chalk88 x 182
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
(part)
Notes
The elevation has been trimmed at the top and reappears in greater detail in the chalk drawing in Adam vol.55/145. Both drawings can probably be related to the Roman Pantheon compositions in Adam vol.55/80 and 147. The large plan on the verso of 55/147 may be the source for such elevations.
Level
Drawing
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