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Unfinished academic study for a plan for a series of pavilions around an oval courtyard with colonnades, leading to a large symmetrical pavilion with four-bay portico. This opens onto a circular hall with large apse beside two flanking spiral staircases.
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Reference number
Adam vol.9/31
Purpose
Unfinished academic study for a plan for a series of pavilions around an oval courtyard with colonnades, leading to a large symmetrical pavilion with four-bay portico. This opens onto a circular hall with large apse beside two flanking spiral staircases.
Aspect
Planverso elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 31
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil182 x 175
Hand
Laurent-Benoît Dewez (attributed to)
Verso
Unfinished pencil sketch showing an elevation of columns and coupled columns, possibly on a basement.
Watermark
horned crown
Notes
This composition is similar to that found in Adam vol.9/1 verso, which shows two courtyard schemes, one of which is a sketch for the palace or public building in Adam vol.10/1 and 20. This drawing relates most closely to that sort of scheme although it is smaller and has an enclosed court. The draughtsmanship is also typical of c. 1755. The plan for the symmetrical pavilion at the top can be compared with those in Adam vol.9/5 and 29.
Level
Drawing
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