Dendera
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
360 x 530 mm; 735 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499375.10
Summary
One of a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A landscape with blocks of stone in the foreground with a temple behind. Temple in the middle ground with columns decorated with Egyptian masks and carved hieroglyphics. Ruins to the centre right with the tops of two carved columns and a ruined wall. Hills in the background and ruins in the far distance. 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 third portfolio.
Marks and inscriptions
No 54 Dendera / (hand-written pencil on mount, top left corner)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist