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Capriccio showing an interior of three bays divided by coffered arches with columned screens on either side of a segmental pedimented doorway, above which are sculptural panels. In the foreground are figures and a circular sarcophagus.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/139
Purpose
Capriccio showing an interior of three bays divided by coffered arches with columned screens on either side of a segmental pedimented doorway, above which are sculptural panels. In the foreground are figures and a circular sarcophagus.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 103; in red ink 139
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, brown wash; ink framing linedrawing within a circle of 162 dia., sheet size 182 x 177, bottom left corner torn
Hand
Charles-Louis Clérisseau (attributed to)
Notes
There are several compositions of this type and shape by Charles-Louis Clérisseau that were intended for engraving (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.144). There is a tracing of this drawing by C J Richardson (1806-1871) in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (P&D 93.G.8/22) and a similar print by Clérisseau in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Besançon.
Level
Drawing
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