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Design for a ceiling after the antique with a circular central panel showing a female figure reclining on a cloud; around the central circle are four angels between rectangular panels, which are above four more panels each topped with an urn; all connected by arabesques.
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Reference number
Adam vol.26/189
Purpose
Design for a ceiling after the antique with a circular central panel showing a female figure reclining on a cloud; around the central circle are four angels between rectangular panels, which are above four more panels each topped with an urn; all connected by arabesques.
Aspect
Ceiling plan
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1760 - 1763
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, watercolour, bodycolour; black border
453 x 451
Hand
Giuseppe Manocchi
Notes
This is one of a set of highly-finished, coloured drawings of a similar size (see Adam vol.26/168, 169, 179-182, 185, 187, 189 and 190) by Giuseppe Manocchi (1731-82), which parallel those found in Adam volumes 15 and 16. The composition, though not the detail, may be compared with the Tomb of Lucina of the second century (see D. Stillman, the Decorative Work of Robert Adam, London, 1966, p.104).
Level
Drawing
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