Fine Arts Museum

Visit to the Fine Art Museum       8-03-2013

This is painting was drawn by Giuseppe Calli. This painting is called ‘The Death of Dragut’. This is oil on canvas. This painting depicts the well known episode during the Great Siege of Malta in 1565, when the Muslim Commander Dragut was severely injured. This painting was created in 1867.

  This painting was made by Stom, Matthias. It is called ‘The Death of Cato’.  The story goes that Cato was a late Republic politician and statesman, and an avid follower of the Stoic philosophy. He was famous for his distaste of the corruption of his times and was unwilling to live in a world led by Julius Caesar. This led him to attempt suicide, by stabbing himself with his own sword. According to the Greek writer and biographer Plutarch. This painting was made 1640.

This painting was made by Favray, Antoine de. It is called ‘Portrait of Giovanni Battista Grognet’. Giovanni Battista Grognet is depicted as an elegant gentlemen wearing opulent attire.The red cloak he wears compliments the dark colour in the background, and he wears a colourfully embroidered waistcoat underneath his overcoat. With his left hand he points downwards towards some papers on the table probably suggesting his profession and intellect. This painting was made in 1771-1798.

This painting was made by Caruana Dingli, Robert. It is called ‘Alpine Landscape’.  The painting depicts buildings on top of a high hill or mountain. This painting was created in the late nineteenth early twentieth century.

This painting was made by Vernet, Claude- Joseph. This paintings name is ‘Fire on The Tiber’. The painting depicts a dramatic night scene representing a raging, uncontrolled fire on the banks of a river. This painting was made in the eighteenth century.