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Rocky landscape with three seated figures
Rocky landscape with three seated figures
Photograph courtesy of the Malta Study Center at the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, MUŻA, and Heritage Malta. https://w3id.org/vhmml/museum/view/3082

Rocky landscape with three seated figures

Artist Jean-Antoine Constantin French, 1756 - 1844
Period18th - 19th century
Classification(s)
Object TypeDrawing
Extent1 sheet
Registration NumberFAS/D/243
DescriptionIn this landscape, three seated figures, possibly friars, are resting along a path next to a high rocky wall surrounded by forest. In the distance, a fourth figure is crossing a suspended pathway bridging a waterfall. Annotations and MarksOn recto, lower right corner on mount in pencil:'late 17th/& beg. 18th cent.' On verso, top right, in pencil 'no. 48'; in the centre in red chalk: 'N 155'; bottom left, in pencil, inventory number: '15753-4 FAS/D/243/2963'Material
Pen and black ink and wash on paper laid down on a blue mount
Technique
Drawing
DimensionsSupport: 27.1 x 33.5 cm Mounted (historical): 42.2 x 50.9 cmProvenanceAcquired for the museum in 1933 from an unknown private collection in Malta. Bibliography
M.A.R. (1933-34), p. xix/M19, no. 89: Purchased by the Museum
Alternate ID Numbers
  • HM Object Number 61065
  • Inventory Card 15753-4
  • HMML (Hill Museum and Manuscript Library) HMZA 00128
Public Access
Not on view
MuseumMUŻA
Location
  •   Reserve Collection
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