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Capriccio showing the remains of a vaulted and coffered interior with two niches supporting segmental and triangular pediments, columns and decorated pilasters. In the foreground are large architectural fragments.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/106
Purpose
Capriccio showing the remains of a vaulted and coffered interior with two niches supporting segmental and triangular pediments, columns and decorated pilasters. In the foreground are large architectural fragments.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 65; in red ink on album leaf and on drawing 106
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, watercolour with white heightening267 x 202, 4 corners trimmed diagonally
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
The composition is a variation of that in Adam vol.56/98, although the draughtsmanship here is more sensitive and the lightening of the drawing more subtle.
Level
Drawing
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