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Reference number

Adam vol.26/131

Purpose

Record drawing of part of a frieze showing in relief a winged half-figure with a candelabrum on one side and a seated lion in foliage on the other.

Aspect

Elevation

Inscribed

Inscribed in pencil L

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1760 - 1763

Medium and dimensions

Red chalk 283 x 516

Hand

Nicolas-François-David Lhuiller (attributed to)

Notes

This is a larger version of the drawing in Adam vol.26/103, from which it differs very little although this sheet is inscribed with the capital 'L', implying the hand is that of Nicolas-François-David Lhuiller (d.1793). It may be connected with the panels at San Lorenzo fuori le Mura.

Level

Drawing

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