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Capriccio showing the interior of a ruined domed building whose walls are articulated by free-standing columns. In the centre is a pyramidal sarcophagus.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/72
Purpose
Capriccio showing the interior of a ruined domed building whose walls are articulated by free-standing columns. In the centre is a pyramidal sarcophagus.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 21; in red ink 72
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, watercolour; pen framing line, outside which is grey wash109 x 115
Hand
Charles-Louis Clérisseau (attributed to)
Notes
The composition here may be loosely derived from the Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome, although the sarcophagus relates it to other compositions with a funereal theme in this series of drawings (see Adam vol.56/105).
Level
Drawing
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