A Classical Landscape with Obelisk, Woman and Rider
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)
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732156
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Classical Landscape with Obelisk, Woman and Rider by Franz de Paula Ferg (Vienna 1689 - London 1737), initialled on rock on bottom right: F. A boy riding a grey horse and two seated figures sit on the left in front of an obelisk. Classical ruins can be seen in the background beyond the tree on the right.
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
Recto: Signed: ? in rock, bottom right: F [?] Verso: Inscribed in pencil on stretcher: No.3 left Handside of Large / Picture on End Wall Verso: Inscribed in red on frame: U 75
Makers and roles
Franz de Paula Ferg (Vienna 1689 - London 1740)