Artwork
Convent of Xirapatamo
Convent of Xirapatamo is a drawing by Unknown. It dates from 1850 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. This drawing is one of a set of seven depicting monastic sites, now held in the Victoria & Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
This drawing is one of a set of seven depicting monastic sites, now held in the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Subject & Meaning
The work shows the Xeropotamou Monastery on Mount Athos, with a courtyard and surrounding buildings rendered in simple, worn forms. Two figures in long robes stand at the right, observing the scene.
Technique & Style
Executed in pencil, the drawing employs rapid strokes to capture the interplay of light and shadow, conveying a sense of age and simplicity.
History & Provenance
Attributed to a female artist who reportedly arrived on site in male attire, the drawing is part of a series cataloged as E.1030-1036-1928 in the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Artist & collection
Domestic Scene
Giacomo and Cardinal Marco, investing Andrea, Abbot of San Zeno, with his Benefice
The Nymph of Fontainebleau
Portrait of a Woman
Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden
Venus and Minerva
Family Group of Four on Sofa
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
Chinqua's house, with entrance to China Street, Canton
Convent of Niveron, or the Iberian
Picturesque Sketches in Spain: Gate of the Vivarrambla, Granada
Roman Buildings on a Hill
Houses and a Garden on a Hillside in Italy
Roman View
Stavronikéta, on the E. side of Athos; I<sup>s</sup> of Thasos & Samothrace in the distance
Old Museum, Beauvais
Italian villa
Untitled