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Italy: unidentified location near Rome. View of a ruined, irregular square tower on a hilltop above a group of vaults on a lower level. In the background is a distant aqueduct and a mountain, presumably near Rome.
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Reference number
Adam vol.57/62
Purpose
Italy: unidentified location near Rome. View of a ruined, irregular square tower on a hilltop above a group of vaults on a lower level. In the background is a distant aqueduct and a mountain, presumably near Rome.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 62
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 or 1756.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, black and white chalks, brown and blue washes, on grey paper; pencil framing line(remains)162 x 258
Hand
Jean-Baptiste Lallemand (attributed to) or Robert Adam
Notes
Although attributed here to Jean-Baptiste Lallemand, it is possible that this drawing is by Robert Adam in the latter's style given the choice of paper and heightening; however, the style and the treatment of the sky are unlike either artist. There is a drawing similar in style and subject-matter in the Clerk Collection, Scotland (Clerk 65). The use of pencil framing lines occurs in several drawings of this Roman period. The view probably shows part of the remaining piers of one of the aqueducts, for example the Aqua Claudia.
Level
Drawing
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