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  • image Adam vol.56/94

Reference number

Adam vol.56/94

Purpose

Capriccio showing a ruined temple with a curved apse seen through a screen of columns supporting the remains of a roof. In the foreground is part of a sarcophagus re-used as a fountain and three figures among architectural fragments.

Aspect

Perspective

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink 47; in red ink on drawing 94

Signed and dated

  • Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, blue, brown and grey washes204 x 223, 4 corners trimmed diagonally

Hand

Charles-Louis Clérisseau

Notes

There is a similar composition to this one in Adam vol.56/97, which is attributed to Robert Adam. Here the attribution to Clérisseau is based on the sophisticated handling of light and the liveliness of the coloured washes.

Level

Drawing

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