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Record drawing of part of a frieze showing in relief a winged half-figure beside a flaming candelabrum, with scrolling foliage that surrounds a seated lion. Incomplete detail of border.
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Reference number
Adam vol.26/148
Purpose
Record drawing of part of a frieze showing in relief a winged half-figure beside a flaming candelabrum, with scrolling foliage that surrounds a seated lion. Incomplete detail of border.
Aspect
Elevation
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1760 - 1763
Medium and dimensions
Red chalk
300 x 550
Hand
Nicolas-François-David Lhuiller (attributed to)
Watermark
fleur de lys in two circles
Notes
This drawing is the companion to Adam vol.26/147, of which it is the mirror image, differing only in minor details such as the arm positions of the putto. They are larger versions of the composition in Adam vol.26/103 and 131, and all are probably by Nicolas-François-David Lhuiller (d.1793). The border, incomplete here, is shown in full in Adam vol.26/103. There is a poor copy of this composition in pen and grey wash, inscribed 'au Palais des Empereurs' in the Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia (2284).
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
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