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Italy: Baia: ? San Vito. View, possibly of a ruined mausoleum at San Vito, with two broken columns flanking a dedication panel. Set in a landscape, on one side is an archway and on the other side a square tower.
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Reference number
Adam vol.57/41
Purpose
Italy: Baia: ? San Vito. View, possibly of a ruined mausoleum at San Vito, with two broken columns flanking a dedication panel. Set in a landscape, on one side is an archway and on the other side a square tower.
Aspect
Perspectiveverso details
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 41
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, grey, brown and blue washes176 x 300
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Three unfinished pencil sketches for an Ionic capital.
Notes
This view may be of the same mausoleum in Adam vol.57/7 but taken from a different angle, shown in rather less detail and without the inscription to the family of Nero. It may also be compared with a view in Abbé de Saint-Non, Voyage Pittoresque en Sicile et Naples, Paris, 1781-6, vol. II, p.179 and another in Paoli, Avanzi Delle Antichita Esistenti a Pozzuoli Cuma e Baja, Naples, 1768, pl.LVII showing the remains of an antique theatre near Baia.
Level
Drawing
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