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  • image Adam vol.56/84

Reference number

Adam vol.56/84

Purpose

Capriccio showing a ruined temple with a three-bay portico, with part of a ruined vault and architectural fragments.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 37; in red ink 84

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, watercolour; ink framing line, beyond which is grey washdrawing within a circle of 90 dia., laid/mounted onto backing sheet size 99 x 97,

Hand

Charles-Louis Clérisseau (attributed to)

Notes

This drawing shows the less-worked and more fluid draughtsmanship of Charles-Louis Clérisseau .

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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