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Academic study showing a view of a symmetrical pavilion with a dome on a high drum, below which is an apsidal entrance screen of possibly five bays on steps, with aedicular windows on either side and rectangular ones above, and attic storey with figure sculpture. Below this are capricci showing a building with steep drum and dome, portico and projecting wings. At the bottom of the sheet is a detail of two corner bays with Ionic pilasters.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/168
Purpose
Academic study showing a view of a symmetrical pavilion with a dome on a high drum, below which is an apsidal entrance screen of possibly five bays on steps, with aedicular windows on either side and rectangular ones above, and attic storey with figure sculpture. Below this are capricci showing a building with steep drum and dome, portico and projecting wings. At the bottom of the sheet is a detail of two corner bays with Ionic pilasters.
Aspect
Perspectives, detail
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 168
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Black chalk
312 x 202
Hand
Laurent-Benoît Dewez (attributed to)
Watermark
horned crown
Notes
The smaller perspective is probably related to the scheme in Adam vol.55/164 and the larger pavilion design is part of a series of variations on a symmetrical building with drum and dome, examples of which are found in Adam vol.55/169, 170, 174 and 175. These may all be part of an academic exercise in composition in which Laurent-Benoít Dewez (1731-1812) played a part. There is a more casual, less accomplished version of these schemes in Adam vol.55/51 by Robert Adam.
Level
Drawing
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