Chapel on Mount Sinai
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
350 x 478 mm; 736 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499373.18
Summary
One of a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A landscape with a lush green foreground and rock formations in the background. Three figures recline on stones amongst the greenery in the foreground. A large boulder to the left and rock formations in the middle distance with a central gap through which a small mountain is visible. A building at the foot of the formation on the left, with a ruined wall on the opposite side of the gap. Mounted within a bound portfolio.
Provenance
Thomas Legh (1792-1857) travelled extensively in the Middle East and Egypt in the early 19th century. He produced his own drawings of this but they did not survive. In 1841 Viscount Castlereagh undertook a similar journey and he employed Anton Schranz to produce a record of his travels. He had them bound into a series of portfolios, this set is the first portfolio.
Marks and inscriptions
Chapel on Mount Sinai / (hand-written pencil on mount, below image)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist