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  • image Adam vol.26/128

Reference number

Adam vol.26/128

Purpose

Italy: Rome, Forum of Trajan. Record drawing of a rectangular panel showing a bearded half-figure holding apart two winged, apparently growling lions; at either end is a triangular candelabrum. Above the frieze is a detail of the lion's head in profile. Part of foliage border detail.

Aspect

Elevation, detail

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1760 - 1763

Medium and dimensions

Red chalk 267 x 590; trimmed both sides and top

Hand

Nicolas-François-David Lhuiller (attributed to)

Watermark

fleur de lys in two circles

Notes

This drawing shows a panel or frieze derived from the composition of that in Trajan's Forum, Rome, of which there is a drawing in Adam vol.26/50. The principal difference is the substitution of the bearded figure for the central vase, and with griffins not lions.

Level

Drawing

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