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Italy: Rome: Unidentified location. View of a three-storied tower of three bays with pilastered loggia on top, surrounded by irregular buildings with tiled roofs. It is approached by ramped and balustraded terraces, with a grotto on the right.
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Reference number
Adam vol.57/104
Purpose
Italy: Rome: Unidentified location. View of a three-storied tower of three bays with pilastered loggia on top, surrounded by irregular buildings with tiled roofs. It is approached by ramped and balustraded terraces, with a grotto on the right.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 104
Signed and dated
- Undated, but probably 1755 or 1756.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, grey, blue and brown washes127 x 187
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
The detailing of the tower, especially its segmental pedimented windows, suggests a sixteenth-century construction, as does the grotto and balustrading. This sketch, especially in the three-bay loggia, can be compared with a similar building in Adam vol.57/86, which may be the Casino Farnese in Rome or some form of monastic structure outside Rome.
Level
Drawing
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