Study for 'David': Head, Hand

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'David': Head, Hand
Date: c.1863-68
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 22.7 x 10.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0482
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "Head" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "N95" encircled, in pencil.

Description

Upper half of sheet: study for the head of David in the painting 'David' (c.1865, private collection). The drapery over the upper body is also indicated. The beard is smaller, and the model appears to be younger, than in the finished painting. Lower half of sheet: study for the right hand of David. Part of the sleeve is also indicted. 

Provenance

Bequeathed by the artist to his sisters, Mrs. Augusta Matthews (n+e Augusta Neunburg Leighton, 1835-1919) and Mrs. Alexandra Orr (n+e Alexandra Leighton, 1828-1903); purchased by the Fine Art Society in 1896; collection of Leighton House Museum 

Bibliography

• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.156 (listed under catalogue number 116)