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Italy: ? Capua. View of a single-vaulted arch, having another, smaller vaulted arch and niche on either side, possibly one of the entrances to Capua. Through the arch a square, domed tower is set on vaulted ruins, with debris in the foreground.
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Reference number
Adam vol.57/29
Purpose
Italy: ? Capua. View of a single-vaulted arch, having another, smaller vaulted arch and niche on either side, possibly one of the entrances to Capua. Through the arch a square, domed tower is set on vaulted ruins, with debris in the foreground.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 29
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, grey wash211 x 269
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
The view depicted here may be compared with the view shown in Abbé de Saint-Non, Voyage Pittoresque en Sicile et Naples, Paris, 1781-6, vol.II, p.246, and may depict one of the ruins of the entrance to ancient Capua. Robert Adam was at Capua in April 1755 on his way to Monte Cassino and ultimately Rome (see J. Fleming, Robert Adam and his Circle in Edinburgh & Rome, London, 1962, p.157). For another possible entrance to Capua see Adam vol.57/18.
Level
Drawing
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