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Capriccio showing the interior of a roofless ruined building. In the foreground is a statue of a seated figure on a base, scattered fragments and three diminutive figures.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/128
Purpose
Capriccio showing the interior of a roofless ruined building. In the foreground is a statue of a seated figure on a base, scattered fragments and three diminutive figures.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 91; in red ink 128
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, brown and grey washes; ink framing line153 x 180, 4 corners trimmed diagonally
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
The use of a statue of a seated figure in this drawing also appears in Adam vol.56/96 and 56/116; it is a stock element in several of Charles-Louis Clérisseau's capricci of ruins in The Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia, for example 16927.
Level
Drawing
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