1870
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Nablous and Gerizim is a 1870 by William Holman Hunt, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a hilly landscape with a winding path and scattered trees. The lines are loose and quick, giving a rough, sketchy feel. Light and shadow are suggested with simple pencil strokes—no color, just black and white. The artist signed it *"Nablous and Gerizim"* in the corner, which might be the name of the place. The drawing looks like it was made fast, almost like notes from a trip. Check out cross-hatching to see how artists build up texture with layers of lines.
This drawing by William Holman Hunt depicts Mount Gerizim and Nablus, likely created during the artist’s three-week stay in Nazareth in June 1870. It relates to Hunt’s earlier studies of the same site from 1855, though differing in style, and aligns with his documented interest in the biblical narrative of Abraham’s proposed sacrifice of Isaac at Gerizim. The work was later owned by Hunt’s daughter Gladys Joseph and passed through descent to Stanley Pollitt.
Read the full account in the museum source.
William Holman Hunt (2 April 1827 – 7 September 1910) was an English painter and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
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