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Italy: Rome: Acqua Claudia. View showing the destroyed terminal reservoir (Castello) of the Acqua Claudia in the Via Porta Maggiore, in a setting with three large and overgrown vaults, with ruins and three cypress trees in the foreground.
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Reference number
Adam vol.57/53
Purpose
Italy: Rome: Acqua Claudia. View showing the destroyed terminal reservoir (Castello) of the Acqua Claudia in the Via Porta Maggiore, in a setting with three large and overgrown vaults, with ruins and three cypress trees in the foreground.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 53
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 or 1756.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, grey and brown washes; pencil framing line (bottom)203 x 308
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
An etching by Piranesi (see Le Antichità Romane, 1756, vol.1, XVII, Fig. 1) may have inspired Robert Adam's drawing of this reservoir, which was destroyed in 1879. Adam's more pedestrian rendition is taken from a similar viewpoint to that of Piranesi, although the setting is different and there is no sight of the Porta Maggiore or the Acqua Marcia.
Level
Drawing
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