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Capriccio showing, virtually in profile, a composite portico and part of a colonnade framing a seated statue on a base.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/75
Purpose
Capriccio showing, virtually in profile, a composite portico and part of a colonnade framing a seated statue on a base.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 26; in red ink 75
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, watercolour; double framing lines, outside which is grey washdrawing within a circle of 100 dia., sheet size 112 x 113; 4 corners trimmed diagonally
Hand
Charles-Louis Clérisseau (attributed to)
Notes
This drawing may be compared with a similar circular composition, also attributed to Charles-Louis Clérisseau, in Adam vol.56/69, and with a larger composition attributed to Robert Adam in Adam vol.56/96.
Level
Drawing
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