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  • image Adam vol.26/79

Reference number

Adam vol.26/79

Purpose

Record drawing of part of a rectangular panel or frieze showing in relief two embracing half-figures with two putti, birds and foliage scrolls on either side.

Aspect

Elevation

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1760 - 63

Medium and dimensions

Black chalk 178 x 431

Hand

Nicolas-François-David Lhuiller (attributed to)

Notes

The embracing figures are repeated in Adam vol.26/78 and are similar to those with wings found on the Temple of the Sun, Rome, or on the Temple of Venus Genetrix in the Villa Albani. The drawing may also be compared with figures in the panels from San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, Rome (see Adam vol.26/39). There is a copy of this drawing attributed to Giuseppe Manocchi (c.1731-82) in Adam vol.19/87.

Level

Drawing

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