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Capriccio of a statue on a plinth beside a ruined archway. Above the arch is an inscribed panel. Below the statue eight steps lead to a courtyard, seen through the arch, with a three-bay arcade.
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Reference number
Adam vol.57/116
Purpose
Capriccio of a statue on a plinth beside a ruined archway. Above the arch is an inscribed panel. Below the statue eight steps lead to a courtyard, seen through the arch, with a three-bay arcade.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 116
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 or 1756.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, brown and blue washes187 x 122
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
The archway depicted is a variation either on the Arch of Dolabella and Silanus, or the more popular Arch of Titus, of which Charles-Louis Clérisseau made numerous drawings, but the rest of the composition is invention in the latter's style. A similar figure on a plinth appears in the views by Robert Adam and Clérisseau of the riverside at the Forum Boarium (see Clerk Collection, Scotland, Clerk 75 and Clerk 76).
Level
Drawing
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