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View or capriccio of ruined arches on two levels, showing a five-bay arcade with a sarcophagus fountain with panel above in the foreground. In the distance is a circular domed building amongst trees.
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Reference number
Adam vol.57/114
Purpose
View or capriccio of ruined arches on two levels, showing a five-bay arcade with a sarcophagus fountain with panel above in the foreground. In the distance is a circular domed building amongst trees.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 114
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 or 1756.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, grey, brown and blue washes190 x 247
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
The ruins shown here take a generalised form and so are difficult to identify. The fountain sarcophagus, lion mask and inscription panel above suggest a capriccio in the style of Charles-Louis Clérisseau. There is a similar composition in the Clerk Collection, Scotland (Clerk 85), which is identified as the Porta Furba at Romei and shows the arch of the Acqua Felice.
Level
Drawing
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