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  • image Adam vol.26/164

Reference number

Adam vol.26/164

Purpose

Unfinished record drawing of four panels for wall decoration, showing foliage, figures and vases in grotesque patterns.

Aspect

Details

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink A, A, D, D

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1760 - 1763

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen 463 x 307

Hand

Giuseppe Manocchi (attributed to)

Notes

The display of these panels as long strips is similar to that found in Adam vol.26/134; like them they are probably references for later decorative schemes, inspired by those from the Vatican logge in Rome. There are similar strip compositions of arabesque panels in volume 19 (see Adam vol.19/106)

Level

Drawing

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