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Record drawing of part of a frieze panel showing in relief a lion amongst foliage and a half-putto making a libation to a decorated candelabrum. Cyma reversa and ovolo below.
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Reference number
Adam vol.26/103
Purpose
Record drawing of part of a frieze panel showing in relief a lion amongst foliage and a half-putto making a libation to a decorated candelabrum. Cyma reversa and ovolo below.
Aspect
Elevation
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1760 - 63
Medium and dimensions
Black chalk
232 x 401
Hand
Nicolas-François-David Lhuiller (attributed to)
Watermark
Villandry
Notes
This drawing and Adam vol.26/104 are companions to Adam vol.26/102. There is a larger version of this drawing n Adam vol.26/131-32, and 147-148; those in 26/131-132 are inscribed with a capital 'L' and all are probably by Nicolas-François-David Lhuiller (d.1793). The half-putti are found in Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) (see the frontispiece to his Lapides Capitolini of 1762), and in fragments from the Forum of Trajan, Rome.
Level
Drawing
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