Praying Figures in a Church, Florence

c. 1824/1827

Robert Walter Weir

Associated Names
Robert Walter Weir

Artist, American, 1803 - 1889

The image features five figures in a kneeling posture. Their faces are obscured by hoods, and they are dressed in long robes. They are positioned around an object resembling an altar or pedestal. The background has a gradient from light to dark tones, with linear shading suggesting a shadowy environment. There are no other elements in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown and black ink with brown wash over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17.7 × 23.4 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.20.125

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; gift 1979 to the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1976

  • Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 53.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: R. Weir; upper left verso in graphite: T [B?]; upper right verso in graphite: R.W.Weir; lower left verso in graphite: Rob.-Weir

Wikidata ID

Q64629280

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