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View or capriccio of a small ruined tower with niche above a series of ruined vaults on the side of a hill, possibly taken on the Palatine, Rome. In the background is a domed church.
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Reference number
Adam vol.57/66
Purpose
View or capriccio of a small ruined tower with niche above a series of ruined vaults on the side of a hill, possibly taken on the Palatine, Rome. In the background is a domed church.
Aspect
Perspective verso, elevation/detail
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 66
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 or 1756.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, grey and brown washes128 x 148
Hand
Jean-Baptiste Lallemand (attributed to)verso, Robert Adam (attributed to)
Verso
Study in black chalk showing three composite capitals.
Notes
The smooth and less contrived style of drawing here would suggest this is by Jean-Baptiste Lallemand rather than Robert Adam or Charles-Louis Clérisseau, although the capitals on the verso are likely to be by Adam. The view possibly depicts the arcaded substructures in the Palace of Septimus Severus on the south-east side of the Palatine, or the Domus Tiberiana on the bridged Nova Via, although the composition suggests it may be a capriccio (see Adam vol.57/68).
Level
Drawing
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