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Italy: Rome: Ponte Molle. View of two battlemented towers and bastions at the fortified end of the Ponte Molle, Rome.
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Reference number
Adam vol.57/61
Purpose
Italy: Rome: Ponte Molle. View of two battlemented towers and bastions at the fortified end of the Ponte Molle, Rome.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 61
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 or 1756.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, grey and brown washes122 x 179
Hand
Robert Adam (attributed to)
Notes
This view can be compared with Piranesi's print of 1762 of the Ponte Molle, which shows the tower and archways in greater profile, before its restoration by Valadier in 1805. However, the drawing here attributed to Robert Adam gives only two of the four major bays of the Ponte Molle and lacks the detailing of the relief niches between each arch. The composition may be compared with the view of a fortified bridge by Charles-Louis Clérisseau in Adam vol.57/145.
Level
Drawing
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