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Record drawing of a frieze showing two transmogrified griffins on either side of a decorated urn with looped handles, with sinuous foliage and vine leaves.
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Reference number
Adam vol.26/34
Purpose
Record drawing of a frieze showing two transmogrified griffins on either side of a decorated urn with looped handles, with sinuous foliage and vine leaves.
Aspect
Elevation
Signed and dated
- Undated, possibly 1760 - 63 or c.1765
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, brown wash on brown washed paper; black ink framing line
204 x 830, with vertical foldline
Hand
Giuseppe Manocchi (attributed to)
Notes
This is a companion drawing to Adam vol.26/33 and it was probably inspired by the frieze from the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina in the Forum in Rome. Adam vol.26/33 is probably a similar exercise, and Adam vol.26/44 shows a more exact transcription. The composition and draughtsmanship are similar to a 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).
Level
Drawing
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