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Tomb of Absalom
Schranz, born 1801 - Enlarge image
Tomb of Absalom
- Object:
Drawing
- Place of origin:
Israel (drawn)
- Date:
1837 (drawn)
- Artist/Maker:
Schranz, born 1801 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Brown wash over pencil, on paper, stuck down on mount
- Credit Line:
Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund, the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
- Museum number:
SD.945
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level D, case 87, shelf SC, box 35
Place of Origin
Israel (drawn)
Date
1837 (drawn)
Artist/maker
Schranz, born 1801 (artist)
Materials and Techniques
Brown wash over pencil, on paper, stuck down on mount
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed and dated on the back No.186[?] Tomb of Absalom & village of Siloam[?] July 1837 and 114; inscribed on the mount in another hand with title and date July 1837.
J WHATMAN 1836[?]
J WHATMA[N] 1842
Dimensions
Height: 26 cm, Width: 36.9 cm
Historical context note
SD.932-SD.946 are all dated between December 1836 and September 1837. Most are mounted on cards bearing inscriptions in the same hand. They probably result from a journey made by the artist with an unknown patron. Customs records (Palace Archives, Valletta) reveal that he left Malta for Turkey in April 1836 and returned in December 1839. See D. Cutajar, `The Lure of the Orient The Schranzes, the Brockdorffs, Preziosi and other artists', Hyphen A journal of Melitensia and the Humanities, No.3, Vol.V, 1987.
Drawings from the same trip are in the Benaki Museum, Athens and in a private collection in Malta: see Cathedral Museum, Mdina, Malta, The Schranz Artists Landscape and Marine Painters in the Mediterranean (Active, XIX Century), 1987, pp.43, 59-63.
Descriptive line
Drawing, `Tomb of Absalom', 1837, by Antonio (Anton Jr. or Antoine) Schranz.
Subjects depicted
Tombs; Israel; Jerusalem; Yad Avshalom
Categories
Drawings
Collection code
PDP
