'Studies for 'Michael Angelo Nursing his Dying Servant': Servant, Hand of Servant

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Drawing details

Title: 'Studies for 'Michael Angelo Nursing his Dying Servant': Servant, Hand of Servant
Date: c.1861
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 37.5 x 28.2 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0471
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "M Angelo & Servant" in pencil.

Description

Study for the figure of the servant in the painting 'Michael Angelo Nursing his Dying Servant' (c.1862, private collection). The figure of Michael Angelo is also indicated. The figures are very roughly drawn. The gesture of the left hand of the servant is different to the same hand in the finished painting. Lower centre: study of the left hand of the servant. Again the gesture is different in the finished painting. 

Provenance

Acquired by Leighton House Museum before 1926 

Bibliography

• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.154 (listed under catalogue number 80)