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[119] Finished drawing for an ornamental grotesque panel, c1765-66, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 16/19
Purpose
[119] Finished drawing for an ornamental grotesque panel, c1765-66, unexecuted
Aspect
(119) Elevation of a quadrilateral, curved, tapering, panel - possibly for a cove - ornamented with a medallion containing a putto, winged half figures, masks - one horned - swags, a basket, arabesques, acanthus leaves, calyx and olive leaves, and a border of medallions, a faun, lions, a mask, half griffons, urns, winged figures, arabesques, calyx, swags, and olive leaves
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- date range: 1765-66
Medium and dimensions
Pen and coloured washes including yellow ochre, pink and cerulean blue within a double ruled border on laid paper (472 x 289)
Hand
Giuseppe Manocchi
Notes
See scheme notes.
Literature
Spiers, 1979, p. 28
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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