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  • image Adam vol.26/76

Reference number

Adam vol.26/76

Purpose

Record drawing of a rectangular panel or pilaster with a straight branch of leaves arising from an acanthus plant at the base, with a flowering rosette at the head. Details of part of a border.

Aspect

Elevation

Inscribed

Inscribed in chalk L

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1760 - 63

Medium and dimensions

Black chalk594 x 185

Hand

Nicolas-François-David Lhuiller (attributed to)

Notes

This composition is very similar to those in Adam vol.26/75, 77 and 87, all of which are inscribed with a capital L and attributed to Nicolas-François-David Lhuiller (d.1793). They represent examples of relief panels without human or animal figures.

Level

Drawing

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