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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.
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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
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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