1839
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Christian and Mahomedan Chapels on the Summit of Sinai is a 1839 by David Roberts, a Romanticism work, depicting Afghanistan, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows two small chapels on Mount Sinai. One’s Christian. One’s Muslim. They sit side by side with a sweeping desert view. Roberts traveled to Sinai in 1839. He drew what he saw, not what he imagined. The light hits the stone just right. See how the shadows stretch long at sunset? That’s the trick called chiaroscuro. Look next at David Roberts (Scottish, 1796–1864).
David Roberts (24 October 1796 – 25 November 1864) was a Scottish painter. He is especially known for The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia, a prolific series of detailed lithograph prints of Egypt and…
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