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Capriccio showing a view of a building with dome and high drum above a three-bay portico with projecting single-bay wings with pediments. It is flanked on either side by courtyards with further wings with domed and porticoed centre with a spire-capped campanile.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/164
Purpose
Capriccio showing a view of a building with dome and high drum above a three-bay portico with projecting single-bay wings with pediments. It is flanked on either side by courtyards with further wings with domed and porticoed centre with a spire-capped campanile.
Aspect
Perspectiveverso detail
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 164
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen, brown wash103 x 223
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Pencil sketch of steps.
Notes
This drawing is a version of the composition in grey wash in Adam vol.55/135 and also the ink drawing in 55/22. All three drawings are of a similar scale and the same form of perspective.
Level
Drawing
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