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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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