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Italy: Capua: the Amphitheatre. Details from the amphitheatre at Capua, showing four profiles of cornices.
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Reference number
Adam 57/36
Purpose
Italy: Capua: the Amphitheatre. Details from the amphitheatre at Capua, showing four profiles of cornices.
Aspect
Elevations, details
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink in Clérisseau's hand Details des corniches de l'amphitheatre de l'ancien Capoue/dessiné le 20 averil 1755 and imposte de l'arce/ Chapiteau/ archivolte de l'arce; and in ink 36
Signed and dated
- 20 April 1755
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen217 x 282
Hand
Charles-Louis Clérisseau
Notes
Robert Adam wrote that he and Charles-Louis Clérisseau returned to Rome via 'Old Capua' and this drawing by Clérisseau fits that chronology. The arches with cornices and heads that Clérisseau has detailed here are also shown in a view of the amphitheatre by Adam (Clerk Collection, Scotland, Clerk 150). As the view demonstrates, the structure had survived reasonably well; in size it was second only to the Colosseum in Rome.
Level
Drawing
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