Tomb of Absalom, Jerusalem
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
253 x 364 mm; 740 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499376.13
Summary
One of a pair in a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. An outdoor scene with grassy foreground and a stone bridge above a dried riverbed. Three figures are gathered on the bank on the left and two female figures cross the bridge in the background. A building with fluted columns and funnel-shaped roof rises from behind the bank on the left and a tower stands on top of a rock face covered with trees on the right. 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 fourth portfolio.
Marks and inscriptions
Tomb of Absalom, Jerusalem / (hand-written pencil on mount, below image)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist