A kneeling woman (R.) / A male figure (V.)

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A kneeling woman (R.) / A male figure (V.)

Artist Antoine Favray French, 1706 - 1798

Date1755-1761

Period18th century

Classification(s)

Art / Drawings

Object TypeDrawing

Extent1 sheet

Registration NumberFAS/D/202

Description(R.) A study of a woman kneeling facing left in profile view with her hands resting on a stool. She wears a mantle and a veil. This is a preparatory figure 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.
(V.) A study of a half length male figure wearing a coat.Annotations and MarksOn verso, upper left, in pencil, museum numbers: '14945-6'; 'FAS/D/202'.Material

(R.) Black chalk with white chalk heightening on laid on paper. (V.) Black chalk with white chalk heightening on laid paper.

Technique

Drawing

Place of Manufacture

Malta

DimensionsSupport: 21.5 x 25 cmProvenancePossibly acquired in 1930-31.Published ReferencesRoger De Gaetano (Ed.), 'Antoine Favray', Malta 2024, 51.Exhibition HistoryDrawings by Antoine Favray (1706-1798), St James Cavalier, Valletta, 12/06/1998-30/06/1998; Antoine de Favray (1706-1798): An exhibition of paintings and drawings, the Cathedral Museum, Mdina, 05/06/1982-20/06/1982.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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