Greek House at Adalia
1837
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1837
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Greek House at Adalia is a 1837 by Antonio or Anton Schranz, a Romanticism work, depicting Pavilion, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a tall wooden pavilion with a steep, tiled roof. The structure has thick posts holding up a balcony and open sides, letting you see inside. Around it, smaller buildings and a fence are drawn in light pencil lines. The artist focused on how the light hits the wood, making some parts darker. The note "Greek house at Adalia" suggests this was a real place, but the drawing feels more like a study than a finished picture. If you like this style, check out cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with lines.
A drawing by Antonio Schranz depicts a house in Adalia, a location later renamed Antalya following the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1922. The work is part of a series of drawings dated between December 1836 and September 1837, likely created during a journey the artist undertook with an unidentified patron, as suggested by customs records from Malta. The drawings from this trip are held in various collections, including the Benaki Museum in Athens and a private collection in Malta. The artwork was purchased from P[rue]. Heathcote-Williams in July 1984.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Antonio Schranz made watercolours of Egyptian and Levantine sites in the 1830s–40s.
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