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Capriccio showing the interior of a circular temple with square coffered vaulting. An elaborately decorated sarcophagus with an inscribed panel is in the foreground.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/91
Purpose
Capriccio showing the interior of a circular temple with square coffered vaulting. An elaborately decorated sarcophagus with an inscribed panel is in the foreground.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 45; in red ink 91
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, brown and grey washesdrawing within a circle of 151 dia., sheet size 163 x 163, laid/mounted onto a backing sheet trimmed to same size as sheet
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
A variation on the theme of sarcophagus and ruined circular building with fragmentary coffered roof can be seen in the larger composition attributed to Charles-Louis Clérisseau in Adam vol.56/126.
Level
Drawing
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