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Capriccio showing a sarcophagus with segmental lid with antefixae. Inset is a group of funerary urns, all on a rectangular base with inscription panel; on either side are two busts.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/117
Purpose
Capriccio showing a sarcophagus with segmental lid with antefixae. Inset is a group of funerary urns, all on a rectangular base with inscription panel; on either side are two busts.
Aspect
Perspectiveverso details
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 117
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, grey and brown washes216 x 220
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Pen and wash capricci showing various groups of trees of different species, and two details of clumps of vegetation.
Notes
The sarcophagus is based on the so-called Tomb of Nero, which was engraved by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) in Le Antichitá Romane of May1756 as 'fuori di Porta del Popolo sull'antica Via Cassia'. There are other tomb capricci in this volume and in volume 9, see Adam vol.9/32 and 42.
Level
Drawing
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