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  • image Adam vol.56/139

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

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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