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Record drawing of a rectangular panel showing in relief two griffins with raised paws, their tails evolving into looping foliage, with two human masks at the centre.
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Reference number
Adam vol.26/33
Purpose
Record drawing of a rectangular panel showing in relief two griffins with raised paws, their tails evolving into looping foliage, with two human masks at the centre.
Aspect
Elevation
Signed and dated
- Undated, possibly 1760 - 63 or c.1765
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, brown wash on brown washed paper; black framing line
192 x 651, wth vertcal foldline
Hand
Giuseppe Manocchi (attributed to) or possibly A Zucchi
Notes
There is a similar, possibly later, group of drawings attributed to Giuseppe Manocchi (c.1731-82) of around 1765 in Adam volume 19 (see particularly Adam vol.19/86 and 87). However, the draughtsmanship and style of this drawing may have developed from those in Adam volume 7 (another volume connected with James Adam), which have been attributed to Antonio Zucchi (1726-95), who had been engaged by Adam in 1760 to work on the plates for Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro, and who remained with Adam until his departure from Rome in May 1763. The composition is similar to the frieze decoration on the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina in the Forum in Rome. Adam vol.26/34 is probably a similar exercise, and Adam vol.26/44 shows a more exact transcription.
Level
Drawing
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