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On his way back to France the following year, he met the Scottish architect Robert Adam in Florence, (who was himself traveling to Rome). Adam appreciated Clerisseau’s talent in drawing, describing his work as, “ruins in architecture to perfection,” and persuaded Clerisseau to travel with him to draw more ruins, and to act as Adam’s instructor on architectural theory and drawing. Adam paid all the expenses on their extensive travels through Italy, including Herculaneum and later to Spalato in Dalmatia, to document the ruins of Diocletian’s Palace. Adam published The Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalato, which became a great influence on the neoclassic style of architecture in England. Adam, however, sought to minimize Clerisseau’s work as the illustrator by only ascribing a few of the drawings to him. Adam was very intent on enhancing his own reputation, and didn’t relish sharing the fame. Adam paid Clerisseau a salary of 100 British pounds to remain in Italy until the Adams’ had well established their reputations in England.
Clerisseau finally returned to Paris in 1768 with enough architectural drawings and material to establish his own reputation and to see him elected to the Academie Royale as a painter of architecture. His work was important to the development of the neo-classical style of architecture, interior design and its dissemination.
The largest repository of Clerisseau’s work is in the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg. Catherine the Great had called him to her court, appointing him her architect and a member of the Academie of Saint Petersburg. The Empress had him design a maison antique at Tsarkoe Selo, which was never built. She purchased over a thousand of Clerisseau’s drawings, gôuache and watercolors. Upon his return to Paris he became chevalier of the Legion of Honor.
- Dimensions:Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 16.5 in (41.91 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:Charles Louis Clérisseau (Paris1721-1820 Auteuil)
- Condition:Excellent Antique.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:Seller: WOP 18-811stDibs: 08100685435
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