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Capriccio showing an elevation of a pavilion with a stepped shallow dome above a pediment of sculpture on a three-bay portico in antis, which is on top of steps flanked by pilasters beside aedicular doorways. On either side are wings with relief sculpture and statues on the roofline. A flap of paper is used to show an alternative version, a pilastered drum.
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Reference number
Adam vol.55/6
Purpose
Capriccio showing an elevation of a pavilion with a stepped shallow dome above a pediment of sculpture on a three-bay portico in antis, which is on top of steps flanked by pilasters beside aedicular doorways. On either side are wings with relief sculpture and statues on the roofline. A flap of paper is used to show an alternative version, a pilastered drum.
Aspect
Elevation
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink on drawing 6
Signed and dated
- Undated, probably 1755 - 56
Medium and dimensions
Pen, brown wash161 x 246
Hand
Robert Adam
Notes
The domed pavilion is similar to several shown in Adam volume 9, such as an unfinished plan and elevation in Adam vol.9/33; the missing drawing in Adam vol.55/33 (see A. Rowan, Catalogues of Architectural Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Robert Adam, London, 1988, p.34); and a similar composition in Adam vol.55/88. All may have been architectural exercises derived from the drawing by Laurent-Benoít Dewez for a domed pavilion (see S. Ansiaux, 'Les dessins d'Italie de Laurent-Benoít Dewez', Bulletin de l'Institut Historique Belge de Rome, xxvii, 1952, pp.1-15, fig.6). The alternative forms for the dome reinforce the academic nature of the drawing and the seriousness of Robert Adam's academic studies.
Level
Drawing
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