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  • image Adam vol.57/140

Reference number

Adam vol.57/140

Purpose

Capriccio of a group of fragments, comprising part of a fluted column, a dentilated cornice and part of a panel, depicted with undergrowth behind.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 140; on verso inscribed in ink, possibly in Clérisseau's hand, un lavement/ un pus [?] après lememe / après [?] accesoer [?]

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1755 or 1756.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, grey wash172 x 300

Hand

Charles-Louis Clérisseau

Verso

The inscription does not seem to bear any relation to the composition on the recto.

Notes

This drawing of a group of fragments by Charles-Louis Clérisseau may be compared with the drawing by Robert Adam in Adam vol.57/137; there are similar compositions of fragments in pen and wash, also attributed to Clérisseau in the Clerk Collection, Scotland, for example (Clerk 109).

Level

Drawing

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