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An architectural composition with the Pyramid of Caius Cestius, Rome, introduced
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Jean-Baptiste Lallemand (1716 - 1803)
Previously attributed to Clérisseau.
Previously attributed to Clérisseau.
An architectural composition with the Pyramid of Caius Cestius, Rome, introduced
The f R after the signature indicates that this work dates from the 14 years that Lallemand lived in Rome, 1747-61.
Bodycolour on paper
Signed and Dated: La llman / f R [f R = fecit Roma, made in Rome; on the slab, centre foreground]
Museum number: P109
On display: Picture Room Recess (pre-booked tours only)
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Curatorial note
Jean-Baptiste Lallemand was a French painter and draughtsman, born in Dijon and trained in Paris but resident in Rome in 1747-1761. In 1755 he even worked as a landscape drawing tutor to Robert Adam. This drawing must date from his years in Rome as it illustrates the Roman Pyramid of Caius Cestius, built in c.18-12BC near the Porta Ostiensis. Soane seems to have acquried this drawing as the work of another Frenchman, Charles-Louis Clérisseau.
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