/internal/media/dispatcher/20290/fullFAS/D/14A knight of the Order of St John and three other male figuresArt / Drawings18th century1755-176117551761Antoine FavrayAntoine Favray27.000000000029.8000000000Studies 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.31.900000000039.8000000000Watermark: Three crescent moons in descending size, similar to Haewood 1969, nos. 869 (Venice 1747) and 870-71 (Venice c.1725-40)0E-100E-10Acquired for the museum in 1933 from an unknown private collection in Malta. Support: 31.9 x 27 cmMUŻAReserve Collection349-50HMZA 00052616230DrawingRoger De Gaetano (Ed.), 'Antoine Favray', Malta 2024, 51.
Museum Annual Report (1933-34), p.xviii/M18, no. 79Heritage Malta1222Red 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. DrawingRoger De Gaetano (Ed.), 'Antoine Favray', Malta 2024Stephen 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 1998Friends 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 1Malta