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Capriccio showing a ruined interior with vaulted roof and rooflight, with niches containing cineraria and sarcophagi, and a further domed and coffered hall through a pilastered opening. In the foreground are fragments of a sarcophagus.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/140
Purpose
Capriccio showing a ruined interior with vaulted roof and rooflight, with niches containing cineraria and sarcophagi, and a further domed and coffered hall through a pilastered opening. In the foreground are fragments of a sarcophagus.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 104; in red ink on both drawing and album leaf 140
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, brown and grey washes; ink framing line201 x 264, trimmed to framing line
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
Given the similarities of rooflight and three-bay screen, this composition may be a ruined and simpler version of the building depicted in Adam vol.56/136.
Level
Drawing
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