Tombs of the Jews, Jerusalem
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
352 x 475 mm; 740 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499376.14
Summary
One of a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A desert scene with a series of steps running along the foreground, terminating in a bridge on the left side. Two male figures, one seated are situated at the beginning of the steps, to the right of the scene. In the middle distance are three different types of buildings, one with a funnel-shaped roof, one a tomb cut out of the rock and beside this is a building with a triangular roof. The buildings are situated on a hill dotted with trees, infront of a stretch of grass covered in gravestones. 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
No 3 / (hand-written pencil on mount)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist