'Study for 'David': Composition

'Study for 'David': Composition

Drawing details

Title: 'Study for 'David': Composition
Date: c.1863-68
Media: Black chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 12.8 x 16.2 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0480
Inscriptions: None

Description

'Study for 'David': Composition
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Study for the composition of the painting 'David' (c.1865, private collection). 

Provenance

'Study for 'David': Composition
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Acquired by Leighton House Museum before 1926 

Bibliography

  • Newall, Christopher, 'Inaugural Exhibition: A Celebration of British and European Painting of the 19th and 20th Centuries', Peter Nahum amd Chris Beetles, 1985, p.34, illustrated on p.35
  • Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.156 (listed under catalogue number 116) 

Exhibition history

  • 21 October 1987 to 29 November 1987, 'Lord Leighton's King David', The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

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Related Paintings/Projects

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