Landscape with Castle

1921

F.L. Griggs

Associated Names
F. L. Griggs

Artist, British, 1876 - 1938

The image shows a landscape with a grove of tall trees on the left and a stone castle in the distance. There are birds flying above the castle. The castle is depicted in sunlight streaming through the clouds. The color palette is monochromatic with varying intensities of pencil shading. The sky appears calm and clear.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.23 × 29.37 cm (8 3/4 × 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4692

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Comstock 1966, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; acquired 1943 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1945

  • F.L. Griggs, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1945-1946.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: F.L.Griggs '21; inscribed by artist's wife, lower left: This belongs to Mr. Nira; lower right: (mounting instructions)

Wikidata ID

Q64561141

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