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Capriccio of two large columns on a wall, below which is a large urn on a pedestal decorated with a relief of figures. To the left is a smaller statue with raised arm on a circular base. In the background is a screen divided by memorial niches.
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Reference number
Adam vol.57/139
Purpose
Capriccio of two large columns on a wall, below which is a large urn on a pedestal decorated with a relief of figures. To the left is a smaller statue with raised arm on a circular base. In the background is a screen divided by memorial niches.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 139
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 or 1756.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, grey washes 216 x 287
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
Elements within this composition can be found in Adam vol.57/128 and 57/141. The large urn could well have been inspired by G. B. Piranesi, Le Antichità Romane, 1756, which included several funeral urns from around the Via Appia,. More were to appear later in his Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcophagi, etc., Rome, 1778. There is also a group of drawings of urns by Giuseppe Manocchi (c.1731-82) in Adam vol.19/90-97.
Level
Drawing
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