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  • image Adam vol.56/93

Reference number

Adam vol.56/93

Purpose

Capriccio showing a ruined triumphal arch with free-standing columns on either side. On the right a lionskin hangs above an altar. In the background is a Colosseum-like ruin.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 46; in red ink on drawing 93

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, blue, grey and brown washes244 x 268, 4 corners trimmed diagonally

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

A smaller capriccio by Robert Adam incorporating a triumphal arch with free-standing columns can be seen in Adam vol.56/88.

Level

Drawing

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