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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.
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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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