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Capriccio showing a semi-circular niche within a ruin. It is set in a landscape, with rubble in the foreground.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/112
Purpose
Capriccio showing a semi-circular niche within a ruin. It is set in a landscape, with rubble in the foreground.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 72; in red ink 112
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, brown washes; ink framing line, beyond which is off-white washdrawing within a circle of 151 dia., sheet size 157 x 157
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
The deep arch of the semi-circular niche shown in this drawing is also found in the grander composition in Adam vol.56/138.
Level
Drawing
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