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Study of three rectangular panels of arabesques, each emerging from a vase form, with rectangular, circular and oval medallions with relief figures, all entwined with rosettes and foliage.
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Reference number
Adam vol.7/211
Purpose
Study of three rectangular panels of arabesques, each emerging from a vase form, with rectangular, circular and oval medallions with relief figures, all entwined with rosettes and foliage.
Aspect
Elevations
Signed and dated
- Undated
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, brown wash896 x 298 (two joined sheets)
Hand
James Adam, Office of
Watermark
Shield with bend
Notes
The three panels shown here are derived from the panels in the Vatican loggia (see Adam vol.26/33-37 and 26/188-201, which were also collected for James Adam). There is another set of twelve such panels, also from an Adam source, at the Soane Museum, SM AL29E. Unlike those, the drawings here are in pen and wash rather than watercolour, and the draughtsmanship is much weaker; they may have been copied in Rome.
Literature
Repr. A. A. Tait, Robert Adam: drawings and imagination, Cambridge, 1993, fig.69
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
The Adam Brothers in Rome: Drawings from the Grand Tour, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 25 September 2008 - 14 February 2009
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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