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Capriccio showing a symmetrical domed and pedimented pavilion with three-bay porticoes on steps surrounded by a series of interconnected porticoes with pediments; it is set in a woody landscape. Below on the sheet is part of a plan of a double three-bay portico and curved façade.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/166
Purpose
Capriccio showing a symmetrical domed and pedimented pavilion with three-bay porticoes on steps surrounded by a series of interconnected porticoes with pediments; it is set in a woody landscape. Below on the sheet is part of a plan of a double three-bay portico and curved façade.
Aspect
Perspective, planverso elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 166
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen, grey wash126 x 256
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Unfinished capriccio in pen over black chalk showing an elevation of a triumphal arch based on a composite of the arch of Titus crossed with that of Constantine, and has a single arch and figures on the attic inscription; it is linked by a three-bay quadrant to a pavilion of coffered apsidal form with steps and pediment. Lettered in ink on the arch: IMP. CS[?] AUGT. FETIT ID VESPA / CON III PRO VICTO. T RA. / MART C F. IN HONOR PGR.
Notes
The pavilion may be based on a symmetrical plan, such as that at Adam vol.55/128. The landscape setting is similar to that found in earlier drawings in volume 56 (see Adam vol.56/8). The surrounding porticoes on the left can be compared with that shown in detail in Adam vol.55/161.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
The Adam Brothers in Rome: Drawings from the Grand Tour, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 25 September 2008 - 14 February 2009
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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