The image shows a street view looking up at a large stone church with a tall spire dominating the composition on the right side. The street recedes into the distance, creating a vanishing point where the buildings meet the sky. Delicate pencil strokes give texture and depth to the drawing. People are walking along the street, providing scale against the architecture. The color palette is primarily shades of gray, enhancing the texture and shadow of the elements. Additional buildings and a streetlamp are visible in the background.
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The image shows a street view looking up at a large stone church with a tall spire dominating the composition on the right side. The street recedes into the distance, creating a vanishing point where the buildings meet the sky. Delicate pencil strokes give texture and depth to the drawing. People are walking along the street, providing scale against the architecture. The color palette is primarily shades of gray, enhancing the texture and shadow of the elements. Additional buildings and a streetlamp are visible in the background.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Apse of St.-Didier, Avignon

F.L. Griggs

Date
1922
Medium
graphite on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 42.86 × 27.94 cm (16 7/8 × 11 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1943.3.4689
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-W

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • exterior
  • architecture
  • Religious
  • Avignon
Provenance

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

Inscription

lower right in graphite: F.L.GRIGGS; in unknown hand, lower left in brown ink: L'Abside de St.Didier; in later hand, lower right: (mounting instructions)

Watermarks

LVG below fleur-de-lis (Heawood 1743)

NGA object ID 7428. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.