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A knight of the Order of St John and three other male figures
A knight of the Order of St John and three other male figures
Photograph courtesy of the Malta Study Center at the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, MUŻA, and Heritage Malta. https://w3id.org/vhmml/museum/view/141

A knight of the Order of St John and three other male figures

Artist Antoine Favray French, 1706 - 1798
Date1755-1761
Period18th century
Classification(s)
Object TypeDrawing
Extent1
Registration NumberFAS/D/14
DescriptionStudies showing four full-length male figures. The figure on top right wearing the tabbard of the Order of St John is a study for a painting by Antoine Favray showing the interior of St John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, which is at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.Annotations and MarksOn verso in black chalk or graphite at bottom centre: '14 5/8 x 10 11/16' On verso in pencil on bottom right, museum numbers: '349-50', 'FAS/D/14'Material
Red chalk and white chalk heightening on laid paper with a three crescents watermark prepared with brown wash. Vertical lines in black chalk or graphite on recto and verso. 
Technique
Drawing
Place of Manufacture
Malta
DimensionsSupport: 31.9 x 27 cmCuratorial RemarksWatermark: Three crescent moons in descending size, similar to Haewood 1969, nos. 869 (Venice 1747) and 870-71 (Venice c.1725-40)ProvenanceAcquired for the museum in 1933 from an unknown private collection in Malta. Published ReferencesRoger De Gaetano (Ed.), 'Antoine Favray', Malta 2024, 51.
Museum Annual Report (1933-34), p.xviii/M18, no. 79
Exhibition HistoryDrawings by Antoine De Favray (1706-1798), St James Cavalier, Valletta, 12/06/1998-30/06/1998.Bibliography
  • Roger De Gaetano (Ed.), 'Antoine Favray', Malta 2024
  • Stephen Degiorgio and Emmanuel Fiorentino, 'Antoine Favray (1706-1798): A French Artist in Rome, Malta and Constantinople', Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti, Malta 2004
  • Emmanuel Fiorentino (Ed.), 'Drawings by Antoine Favray (1706-1798)', Catalogue of the Maltafest 1998 Art Exhibition, Malta 1998
  • Friends of the Cathedral Museum, 'Antoine de Favray (1706-1798)', An exhibition of paintings and drawings, The Cathedral Museum, Mdina, 5-20 June 1982, Malta 1982
Alternate ID Numbers
  • Inventory Card 349-50
  • HMML (Hill Museum and Manuscript Library) HMZA 00052
  • HM Object Number 61623
Public Access
Not on view
MuseumMUŻA
Location
  •   Reserve Collection
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