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Italy: Baia: the Imperial Villa. View of two large vaulted spaces forming part of the thermal complex at Baia, one having a series of small niches, the other is a smaller space with overgrown ruins.
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Reference number
Adam vol.57/43
Purpose
Italy: Baia: the Imperial Villa. View of two large vaulted spaces forming part of the thermal complex at Baia, one having a series of small niches, the other is a smaller space with overgrown ruins.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in pencil in a contemporary hand Baia; in ink 43
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, brown and grey washes; pencil framing line199 x 308
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
This is Robert Adam's version of a drawing on grey paper by Charles-Louis Clérisseau, see Adam vol.57/23. As usual, Adam's view is the more accurate but is less exciting than that of Clérisseau, and omits the 'Temple of Diana' that appears in the latter's more evocative composition. The Adam drawing has been given pencil framing lines, similar to those found in Adam vol.57/17 and others. Like the Clérisseau drawing, it may be compared with the view by Giovanni Battista Natali in Paoli, Avanzi Delle Antichita Esistenti a Pozzuoli Cuma e Baja, Naples, 1768, pl.LV, in which the cave-like structure is called known as 'Truglio'.
Level
Drawing
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