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Unfinished study for part of a ceiling compartment, showing two rectangular panels of anthemion decoration, and at the right angle where the two meet, a square panel with a head in profile; numerous pen tryouts.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/45
Purpose
Unfinished study for part of a ceiling compartment, showing two rectangular panels of anthemion decoration, and at the right angle where the two meet, a square panel with a head in profile; numerous pen tryouts.
Aspect
Ceiling plan, detail
Inscribed
Inscribed in red ink on both drawing and album leaf 45
Signed and dated
- Undated
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil343 x 226
Hand
James Adam, office of (attributed to), after James Byres
Notes
This drawing, in both subject and style, may relate to those associated with the unfinished designs after James Byres (1734-1817) found in Adam volume 26, especially Adam vol.26/174. It is probably an Adam office copy after Byres, as is also suggested by the pen tryouts at the top and bottom of the sheet. (For the connection between James Adam and Byres, see J. Fleming, Robert Adam and His Circle in Edinburgh & Rome, London, 1962, p.378.) The composition of the decoration is similar to that designed by Alessandro Algardi in the Villa Doria Pamphilj, Rome. There are companion drawings in Adam vol.56/46-48.
Level
Drawing
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