Reinami near Sidon
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1841 - 1842
Materials
Paper, Watercolour paint
Measurements
250 x 360 mm; 735 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499377.10
Summary
One of a set of landscapes; watercolour on paper. An outdoor scene with ruins in the foreground set against a sunrise; a stretch of water lies on the left. Rocky foreground with pieces of a ruined temple and the carved top of a column lies near bushes to the right. A broken column stands on the left and another column stands in the centre of the landscape. Shrubs and trees in the middle distance, on a slope which drops down into hills 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 fifth portfolio.
Marks and inscriptions
Reinami near Sidon / (hand-written pencil on mount, top left corner)
Makers and roles
Anton Schranz (Ochsenhausen, Austria 1769 - Malta 1839), artist