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Capriccio showing part of the interior of a ruined domed building with parts of the coffered dome remaining, supported by paired columns. In the foreground is a large broken sarcophagus among architectural fragments.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/126
Purpose
Capriccio showing part of the interior of a ruined domed building with parts of the coffered dome remaining, supported by paired columns. In the foreground is a large broken sarcophagus among architectural fragments.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 89; in red ink at top and bottom of drawing 126
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, watercolour; ink framing line279 x 221, 4 corners trimmed diagonally
Hand
Charles-Louis Clérisseau
Notes
Charles-Louis Clérisseau's composition here can be compared to a grander drawing of his in gouache in The Hermitage (see Charles-Louis Clérisseau (1721-1820) Dessins du musée de l'Ermitage Saint-Petersbourg, catalogue of an exhibition at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1995, p.140 and pl.53). There is a similar, smaller drawing in Adam vol.56/94.
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
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