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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.
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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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