Explore Collections
You are here:
CollectionsOnline
/
Capriccio showing an interior with wall tomb or altar consisting of a statue between small columns supported by two lion consoles on a rusticated basement of a pilastered wall, with a partial view of the exterior. Below this on the sheet is an arcaded elevation with a three-bay centrepiece with frieze of figures and shallow dome or segmental pediment above.
Browse
Reference number
Adam vol.55/115
Purpose
Capriccio showing an interior with wall tomb or altar consisting of a statue between small columns supported by two lion consoles on a rusticated basement of a pilastered wall, with a partial view of the exterior. Below this on the sheet is an arcaded elevation with a three-bay centrepiece with frieze of figures and shallow dome or segmental pediment above.
Aspect
Perspective, elevationverso plan (part)
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 115verso inscribed in ink in a contemporary hand Entrato d'uno Ampiteatro
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen258 x 215
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Capriccio in pen showing a plan of part of a quadrant and vaulted entrance pavilion that is five bays deep.
Notes
The plan on the verso is the source for the elevation on the recto; both are probably connected with the verso inscription, which is not in Robert Adam's hand, referring to the entrance to an amphitheatre. This scheme may be related to a similar plan of an amphitheatre in Adam vol.9/63. The wall tomb may be compared with that on the verso of Adam vol.55/89 and also Adam vol.9/66.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk