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

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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)

Art / Drawings

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. 79Exhibition 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

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