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Style: Victorian
Artist: David Roberts
Circular Temple at Baalbek, Rare Original Signed Watercolour by David Roberts
Located in London, GB
Watercolour with touches of bodycolour on buff paper, signed lower middle and inscribed and dated '1839' lower left
Image size: 8 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches (22 x 31 cm)
Acid free mount and period style gilt frame
This original watercolour by Roberts depicts the temple at Baalbek with the ruined palace behind, seen from the opposite bank of a brook, where a group of figures are seated and kneeling around a table, with an arched bridge nearby.
David Roberts was the first professional British artist to travel independently to the Middle East in 1838. He was the first British artist to draw the ruins of Ancient Egypt and Roberts produced a series of finished watercolours, including the painting, which he had worked up from sketches made during his tour.
Like many British artists he used the familiar visual language of European landscapes to capture the unfamiliar scenery. By using architectural motifs to provide structure to compositions like this he is able to present a dramatic scene of classical grandeur, illuminated by sunlight complemented by a large area of shade in the foreground.
The dramatic scene is enhanced by the three groups of figures, which convey the sense of scale. The figures also give the picture richer, darker and redder tones that contrast with the sandy colours of the architecture. This painting uses a lot of the essential ingredients that make up a picturesque scene: distant mountains, classical ruins and figures for human interest and to convey motion.
Robert's Trip to Baalbek
David Roberts visited Baalbek near the end of his travels around Egypt and the Middle East. Roberts and his party rode to the site of Baalbek on 2nd May in a heavy-rain storm. He was miserable, totally drenched and feverish. But the sight of the ancient Roman settlement rallied him. Despite his physical debilitation, 'I was... so much struck with the magnificence of the temple, that I could not resist visiting and examining it'. The storm then continued through the night, pummelling the traveller's tents. In the morning, Roberts felt extremely ill and sought the help of a Greek priest, who found him dry shelter in a cowshed. For the first time on his gruelling journey, Roberts devoted the whole day to bed rest.
On May 4th, regaining some strength, Roberts explored the site. With obscure origins connected with the god Baal, the city of Baalbek had grown to importance in Hellenistic times, when it was known as Heliopolis ('The City of the Sun'). In the first century B.C. the Romans had established a cult of the Heliopolitan Jupiter there, and both Josephus Flavius...
Category
1830s Victorian Art
Materials
Watercolor
Castle San Angelo, Rome, David Roberts, 19th Century Original Watercolour
Located in London, GB
Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour heightened with white.
Image size: 9 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches (24 x 34 cm)
Hand made gilt frame
Provenance
The Fine Art Society 1981 (Label Verso)
Priv...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Interior of the Great Temple of Aboo Simbel - Orientalist - David Roberts
Located in London, GB
David Roberts R.A.
1796 - 1864
Interior of the Great Temple of Aboo Simbel
Subscription edition and First edition lithographs available
Full plate: 139
Acid free mount
With David ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Lithograph
Ashdod. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts, 1855.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Ashdod', tinted lithograph after David Roberts RA.
Signed in stone lower right. Printed title below the image. Roberts travelled throughout Egypt an...
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Lithograph
Nablous, The Ancient Shechem. tinted lithograph after David Roberts, 1855.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Nablous, The Ancient Shechem', tinted lithograph after David Roberts RA.
Signed in stone lower right. Printed title below the image. Roberts travell...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Fountain of Job. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts, 1855.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Fountain of Job', tinted lithograph after David Roberts RA.
Signed in stone lower right. Printed title below the image. Roberts travelled throug...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Lithograph
Entrance to the Tomb of the Kings. Tinted lithograph after David Roberts, 1855.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Entrance to the Tomb of the Kings', tinted lithograph after David Roberts RA.
Signed in stone lower right. Printed title below the image. Roberts tr...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Lithograph
Eastern Portico, Baalbec, Lebanon. David Robert's Oriental lithograph, 1843.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Eastern Portico, Baalbec', tinted lithograph by Louis Haghe (1806-1885) after David Roberts RA.
David Roberts (1796-1864) traveled throughout Egypt ...
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Lithograph
Upper Fountain of Siloam. Jerusalem.Tinted lithograph after David Roberts, 1855.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Upper Fountain of Siloam', tinted lithograph after David Roberts RA.
Signed in stone lower right. Printed title below the image. Roberts travelled t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Lithograph
THEBES - COLOSSAL STATUES OF AMUNOPH III Many other Roberts lithographs availabl
Located in London, GB
David Roberts R.A.
1796 - 1864
THEBES - COLOSSAL STATUES OF AMUNOPH III
First Edition lithograph
Full plate: 137
Presented in a acid free mount
Published by F.G. Moon & Son, Londo...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Dome of the Rock, showing the Site of the Temple, 19th Century Orientalist
Located in London, GB
1796 - 1864
The Dome of the Rock, showing the Site of the Temple
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Full plate: 8
Acid free mount
One of a full collection from the series of the Holy Land and...
Category
19th Century Victorian Art
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