Landscape with a Tomb and Figures
Franz de Paula Ferg (Vienna 1689 - London 1740)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1737
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
330 x 267 mm (13 x 10 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732155
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Landscape with a Tomb and Figures by Franz de Paula Ferg (Vienna 1689 – London 1737). Inscribed with a F on rock on bottom left. A group of figures is seen on the right in front of a classical monument in the middle ground. A woman is sitting on a donkey attended by a man pointing to the left towards a large tree and beside him is a child and dog. In front of them sits a man on a rock on the far right. In the distance, on the right, are classical ruins.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946.
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Inscribed in pencil on frame No.2 Right Handside / of Large Picture / on End Wall
Makers and roles
Franz de Paula Ferg (Vienna 1689 - London 1740), artist