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Unfinished design for an antique frieze showing anthropomorphic putti entwined with rosettes on either side of anurn. Above on the sheet is design for part of a candelabra.
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Reference number
Adam vol.52/132
Purpose
Unfinished design for an antique frieze showing anthropomorphic putti entwined with rosettes on either side of anurn. Above on the sheet is design for part of a candelabra.
Aspect
Details
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink in a contemporary hand Fregio del vaso Grande trovato in una Vigna 3 miglia fuori de Roma sul / anno 1764
Signed and dated
- 1764
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil143 x 323
Hand
Robert Adam (attributed to)
Watermark
part of coat of arms
Notes
In the opinion of A. A. Tait, this drawing relates in time and place or subject to those contained in Adam volume 26.Although James Adam left Rome in May 1763 the composition of this sketch is similar to numerous drawings in volume 26. It is clearly based on a copy of an antique fragment and probably in the hand of Robert Adam. The subject of the drawing can be compared with a similar antique find of 1757 (see Adam vol.25/190) and emphasises the close connection maintained by the Adam Office with Rome in the early 1760s
Level
Drawing
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