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Capriccio showing the interior of a series of halls at different levels, with coffered barrel vaults and dome supported by free-standing columns topped with sculpture and separated by niches.
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Reference number
Adam vol.56/142
Purpose
Capriccio showing the interior of a series of halls at different levels, with coffered barrel vaults and dome supported by free-standing columns topped with sculpture and separated by niches.
Aspect
Perspective
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 106; in red ink on album leaf and on drawing 142
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1756 or 1757.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, grey and brown washes; ink framing line294 x 351, 4 corners trimmed diagonally
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
This drawing is a companion to Adam vol.56/132 and 56/138, and like them shows the reconstruction of an antique interior. It is perhaps closer to Adam vol.56/145 in the depiction of the wall below the vault and the character of the niches; it can also be related to pen sketches in Adam volume 55 (see in particular, Adam vol.55/81). There is a smaller version of this composition with a figure, probably by Robert Adam, in The Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia (2553).
Literature
Rep. Salmon Building on Ruins; The Rediscovery of Rome and English Architecture (London, 2000), pl.VI
Level
Drawing
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