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Capriccio of buildings in a wooded landscape with octagon with cupola behind and a three-bay arcade in front. In the background landscape is a fragment of a circular temple.
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Reference number
Adam vol.57/106
Purpose
Capriccio of buildings in a wooded landscape with octagon with cupola behind and a three-bay arcade in front. In the background landscape is a fragment of a circular temple.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 106
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 or 1756.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, with grey, brown, and blue washes114 x 157
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
The temple shown in the background may be based upon the Temple of Sibyl or Vesta at Tivoli (see Adam vol.57/91). However, the other buildings shown do not relate to those that adjoin the Temple. This drawing overlaps that in Adam vol.57/108, which suggests some rearrangement of the drawings in the album has been made at some point.
Level
Drawing
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