Chapel of the Virgin Jerusalem
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
350 x 480 mm; 740 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499376.15
Summary
One of a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. A desert scene with a wall to the right and a low wall to the left which tapers towards the centre. A western male figure stands beside the wall, his right hand resting on a walking stick and another figure (possibly a monk) kneels at the end of the wall. Behind the wall, a series of arches surround a doorway and in the background hills rise dotted with trees; a small tower sits on top of the hill. 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
Chapel of the Virgin Jerusalem / (hand-written pencil on mount, below image)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist