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Capriccio showing a vaulted, arcaded hall with niches and a spiral staircase leading to a ruined, domed hall with coffering. In front and at a higher level is a pedimented portico with some sort of urn on a pedestal.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/119
Purpose
Capriccio showing a vaulted, arcaded hall with niches and a spiral staircase leading to a ruined, domed hall with coffering. In front and at a higher level is a pedimented portico with some sort of urn on a pedestal.
Aspect
Perspectiveverso perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 119
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen, brown wash131 x 188
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Italy: Rome, Casa Guarnieri. Drawing in black chalk of the tiled roofs seen from Casa Guarnieri, which was near the Villa Malta on a site fronting the Via Sistina and the Via Francesco Crispi. This drawing can be compared with the finished view in Adam vol.57/151, which Robert Adam inscribed 'Sketch from my window in palazzo Guarnieri'. James Adam also stayed here in 1761.
Notes
The composition with a staircase leading up to a temple can also be seen in the sectional drawing in Adam vol.55/110.
Level
Drawing
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