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Italy: unidentified location. View of a ruined free-standing triumphal arch with coupled pilasters, niche and relief sculpture. Astride a road, it is seen from below and beside a stone arch.
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Reference number
Adam vol.57/73
Purpose
Italy: unidentified location. View of a ruined free-standing triumphal arch with coupled pilasters, niche and relief sculpture. Astride a road, it is seen from below and beside a stone arch.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 73
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 or 1756.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, blue and brown washes203 x 255
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
There is a sketch for this view on the verso of Adam vol.57/72. The single opening arch depicted does not resemble any that existed in Rome in the eighteenth century, although that of Gallienus is perhaps the closest (see E. Nash, Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London, 1968, vol.I, p.116). The rectangular panel of relief sculpture is comparable to a panel in a similar position on the Arch of Titus; a similar triumphal arch appears in Charles-Louise Clérisseau's capriccio in Adam vol.57/144.
Level
Drawing
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