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Study for a wall panel showing a classical head and shoulders in profile within a double circle, with cornucopia and swags on either side.
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Reference number
Adam vol.26/162
Purpose
Study for a wall panel showing a classical head and shoulders in profile within a double circle, with cornucopia and swags on either side.
Aspect
Elevation
Signed and dated
- Undated
Medium and dimensions
Black chalk, brown washes300 x 460, central vertical foldline
Hand
Unidentfied eighteenth-century artist
Watermark
shield with bend
Notes
The style of drawing here would suggest a French artist in the circle of Charles-Louis Clérisseau (1721-1820), although the decorative composition is closer to the Louis Seize tradition than that favoured by Clérisseau and his draughtsmen. There is a preliminary sketch for this composition on the verso of Adam vol.26/171.
Level
Drawing
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