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  • image Adam vol.26/41

Reference number

Adam vol.26/41

Purpose

Italy: Rome, San Lorenzo fuori le Mura. Record drawing of a long rectangular panel showing in relief a lion, ram, goat, horse and various birds, all emerging from rosettes as grotesque work and issuing from acanthus leaves. The panel has an unfinished leaf border.

Aspect

Elevation

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1760 - 63

Medium and dimensions

Black chalk; framing line 180 x 590, trimmed to form three lugs, two at top, one at bottom

Hand

Nicolas-François-David Lhuiller (attributed to)

Notes

This panel is similar to that in Adam vol.26/38 and, like it, is probably part of a classical door frame, presumably also from San Lorenzo fuori le Mura. It has similarly been trimmed to form three lugs, two at the top, one at the bottom.

Level

Drawing

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