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Unfinished capriccio of a group of classical fragments overgrown with vegetation, including a composite capital, frieze and cornice, and block of stone.
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Reference number
Adam vol.57/153
Purpose
Unfinished capriccio of a group of classical fragments overgrown with vegetation, including a composite capital, frieze and cornice, and block of stone.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 153
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 or 1756.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen232 x 185
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Pen tryouts and in ink, a calculation.
Notes
This is a further exercise by Robert Adam in picturesque antiquity; it is similar to the drawing by Charles-Louis Clérisseau in Adam vol.57/140 and that by Adam in vol.57/137. All of these drawings may be compared with Piranesi's prints, particularly the foreground treatment, and with the studies of fragments of the Temple of the Sun in the Colonna gardens, Rome, in Adam volume 26, for example vol.26/52 and 69.
Level
Drawing
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