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Italy: Rome: ? via Sabina. View of a group of various buildings beside a road, which include a square tower, above this a round tower with a conical roof, and further along a tall longitudinal church with thermal windows on the nave and an arcaded campanile, probably Santa Sabina on the Aventine.
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Reference number
Adam vol.57/143
Purpose
Italy: Rome: ? via Sabina. View of a group of various buildings beside a road, which include a square tower, above this a round tower with a conical roof, and further along a tall longitudinal church with thermal windows on the nave and an arcaded campanile, probably Santa Sabina on the Aventine.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 143
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 or 1756.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen; grey and brown washes151 x 210
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
trimmed partial watermark
Notes
The church with the campanile in the background may be Santa Sabina (see Adam vol.57/132). The site in both drawings is probably the present Via Sabina on the Aventine and around Sant'Alessio.
Level
Drawing
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