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Italy: Rome, San Lorenzo fuori le Mura. Record drawing of a long rectangular panel of grotesque work in relief showing two putti armed with spears hunting two lions, with a horse. a deer and half-figure, all emerging from rosettes of scrolling foliage. The panel is set within an unfinished Egg-and-dart border.
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Reference number
Adam vol.26/39
Purpose
Italy: Rome, San Lorenzo fuori le Mura. Record drawing of a long rectangular panel of grotesque work in relief showing two putti armed with spears hunting two lions, with a horse. a deer and half-figure, all emerging from rosettes of scrolling foliage. The panel is set within an unfinished Egg-and-dart border.
Aspect
Elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink in a contemporary hand St Laurenzo
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1760 - 63
Medium and dimensions
Black chalk, framing line
146 x 598
Hand
Nicolas-François-David Lhuiller (attributed to)
Notes
This chalk drawing is similar in subject and style to both Adam vol.26/38 and 41 and they show the classical panel decoration of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, Rome where numerous classical fragments were incorporated into the cloister walls. This panel composition, although different in detail, follows the same pattern and scale as 26/38.
Level
Drawing
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