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View or capriccio of two inscribed panels between three broken columns, with a tall house adjoining. The composition of columns and panels is close to that of the Tomb of the Plautii at the Ponte Lugano, Rome.
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Reference number
Adam vol.57/77
Purpose
View or capriccio of two inscribed panels between three broken columns, with a tall house adjoining. The composition of columns and panels is close to that of the Tomb of the Plautii at the Ponte Lugano, Rome.
Aspect
Perspective verso Elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 77
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 or 1756.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, grey, brown and blue washes129 x 183
Hand
Charles-Louis Clérisseau
Verso
Pen drawing of a decorative frieze, with dimensions.
Notes
This drawing by Charles-Louis Clérisseau appears to show the scene at the Tomb of the Plautii at the Ponte Lugano, Rome except that it lacks the circular mausoleum located just behind the inscribed panels and opposite the house with a pitched roof. It may be compared with a similar view in Adam vol.57/7, which Robert Adam drew on his Neapolitan trip. There is another drawing by Adam in the Clerk Collection, Scotland (Clerk 128) that shows this view from the bridge, and also two engravings by Piranesi from the Vedute di Roma and Le Antichità Romane. It is possible that elements in this capriccio could also be based on the Sepulcrum Bibuli.
Level
Drawing
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