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Record drawing of a Corinthian capital.
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Reference number
Adam vol.26/129
Purpose
Record drawing of a Corinthian capital.
Aspect
Elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in pencil in a nineteenth-century hand Capital of the Temple of Vesta at Tivoli
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1760 - 1763
Medium and dimensions
Red chalk
411 x 442
Hand
Nicolas-François-David Lhuiller (attributed to)
Watermark
fleur de lys in two circles
Notes
This Corinthian capital may be from the Temple of Sybil (Vesta) at Tivoli, Italy. There are two capitals from Tivoli illustrated in G.L. Taylor & E. Cresy, The Architectural Antiquities of Rome, (2 vols., London, 1821, vol.II, p.7), both with fluted columns unlike this drawing. It is also possible that this may be a capital from Palestrina that matches the cone-shaped rosette centre. There is a black chalk drawing in a similar hand showing half of a Corinthian capital among the Piranesi (1720-78) drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York (see F. Stampfle, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Drawings in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1978, pl.27, p.xxxiii).
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
The Adam Brothers in Rome: Drawings from the Grand Tour, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 25 September 2008 - 14 February 2009
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk