Adolf von Meckel was a student at the academy in Karlsruhe. In 1880-1881 he travelled to the Near East with a group of fellow students. At the start of 1881 he spent a week in the Sinai desert. In succeeding years he frequently visited the Orient. Apart from Eastern genre scenes he painted landscapes in what is now Egypt, Israel and Jordan. In his monumental landscapes he combined the rough, inhospitable desert with elements from everyday life, illustrated here by the caravan in the foreground. This painting shows a striking degree of realism founded on the depiction of details, the appearance of materials and its unusual size.
| Artist |
Adolf von Meckel
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| Title | Saint Catherine Monastery in the Sinai (Egypt) |
| Date | ca. 1890 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | Sinai TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: AMeckel |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1892-D |
| Acquisition credit |
purchase
1892 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1892-D |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/275/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11P22
Orthodox Churches
Iconclass
11P221 Greek Orthodox Church Iconclass 11P3151 abbey, monastery, convent ~ Roman Catholic church Iconclass 11P31515 abbey garden Iconclass 11P31516 abbey wall Iconclass 11P3152 monks and nuns Iconclass 11P31521 monk(s), friar(s) Iconclass 11P3154 habit, frock Iconclass 11Q712 church (exterior) Iconclass 22 natural phenomena Iconclass 22C light Iconclass 22C1 natural light Iconclass 22C11 rays of natural light Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 23T27(6) modern division of historical epochs ~ centuries (6) Iconclass 24A8 sunlight Iconclass 24A81 sunbeams Iconclass 25F24(CAMEL) hoofed animals: camel Iconclass 25G11 groups of trees Iconclass 25G3(PINE) trees: pine Iconclass 25G3(TAMARISK) trees (TAMARISK) Iconclass 25G31 shrubs Iconclass 25G31(THORN-BUSH) shrubs (THORN-BUSH) Iconclass 25H11 mountains Iconclass 25H112 rocks Iconclass 25H141 peninsula Iconclass 25H153 bush, shrubs ~ forest Iconclass 25K16 desert Iconclass 300015636 landscapes AAT 32B32 Africans Iconclass 32B32(EGYPTIANS) Africans (EGYPTIANS) Iconclass 61D(EGYPT) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (EGYPT) Iconclass 61D(MOUNT SINAI) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (MOUNT SINAI) Iconclass 61D(SINAI) geographical names of countries, regions, mountains, rivers, etc. (names of cities and villages excepted) (SINAI) Iconclass 61E(SAINT-CATHERINE) names of cities and villages (SAINT-CATHERINE) Iconclass 61F(SAINT CATHERINE'S MONASTERY) names of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (SAINT CATHERINE'S MONASTERY) Iconclass |
| School / Style |
exotism
Orientalism AAT |
| Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 103) |
| De vrienden van Scribe : De Europese smaak van een Gents mecenas (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 12 december 1998 - 14 maart 1999) / Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Robert Hoozee. - Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1998 ; Antwerpen : Pandora, 1998 (p. 101, 104 (ill.), 221 (ill.)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 235) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (p. 235 (ill.)) |
| Lieux saints partagés (exposition Marseille, MuCEM, 29.04 - 31.08.2015) / Dionigi Albera, Manoël Pénicaud, Isabelle Marquette, Vincent Lemire, Wolfgang Kaiser, Thierry Zarcone. - Arles : Actes Sud, 2015 ; Marseille : MuCEM, 2015 |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021 |
| Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021 |
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