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Capriccio showing part of a ruined colonnade, with an open sarcophagus in the foreground and other architectural fragments.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/81
Purpose
Capriccio showing part of a ruined colonnade, with an open sarcophagus in the foreground and other architectural fragments.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 33; in red ink 81
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, watercolour; ink framing line, beyond which is grey washdrawing within a circle of 90 dia., sheet size 102 x 101, 4 corners trimmed diagonally
Hand
Robert Adam (attributed to)
Notes
The fragments in the foreground of this drawing may be compared with the similar composition of the larger capriccio in Adam vol.56/92.
Level
Drawing
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