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Possibly unfinished academic study showing a domed pavilion with a pediment decorated with sculpture above a recessed portico on steps. This is flanked by aedicular niches with relief panels above. On either side are matching columned quadrants with attic panels linking to pedimented pavilions, also on steps.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/165
Purpose
Possibly unfinished academic study showing a domed pavilion with a pediment decorated with sculpture above a recessed portico on steps. This is flanked by aedicular niches with relief panels above. On either side are matching columned quadrants with attic panels linking to pedimented pavilions, also on steps.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 165
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Red chalk126 x 204, trimmed on sides
Hand
Laurent-Benoît Dewez (attributed to)
Notes
The confident use of red chalk in this drawing points to the hand of Laurent-Benoít Dewez (1731-1812) and the French academic tradition. The draughtsmanship is also firmer and more conventionally architectural than the drawings by Robert Adam in this volume. It is possible to consider such a perspective as the source for the unfinished black chalk drawing in Adam vol.55/155, and to the scheme in Adam vol.55/120 verso. An exercise by Adam based on this composition can probably be found in Adam vol.55/160.
Level
Drawing
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