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Capriccio showing the basement of a ruined circular building, with column bases above a cornice. In the background are buildings, and in the foreground is a sarcophagus re-used as the basin of a fountain.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/121
Purpose
Capriccio showing the basement of a ruined circular building, with column bases above a cornice. In the background are buildings, and in the foreground is a sarcophagus re-used as the basin of a fountain.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 81; in red ink 121
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, wash, watercolour, white oxidised; 3 ink framing lines, with wash outside outer circledrawing within a circle of 184 dia., sheet size 201 x 201, all 4 corners trimmed diagonally
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
This drawing may have been inspired by mausolea such as the Roman Tomb of the Plautii or that of Cecilia Metella, both well known to Robert Adam, and found in drawings by Adam and Charles-Louis Clérisseau in Adam volume 57 (see Adam vol.57/130 and 134). The landscape with buildings and an arch, possibly based on the Arch of Titus in the distance, can also be seen in other drawings in the Roman section of volume 57 (see Adam vol.57/51).
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
The Adam Brothers in Rome: Drawings from the Grand Tour, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 25 September 2008 - 14 February 2009
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk