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  • image Adam vol.57/41

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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