Study for 'The Wise and Foolish Virgins': Drapery for Female Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Wise and Foolish Virgins': Drapery for Female Figure
Date: c.1863
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 42.0 x 27.2 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0490
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed lower right "[illegible]" in pencil, partially erased. Inscribed lower centre "Study for Lyndhurst, Frescoes" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "D90" encircled, in pencil.

Description

Full-length drapery study for the female figure to the right of the fresco 'The Wise and Foolish Virgins' (1862-64, St Michael's, Lyndhurst). The face and hands are also indicated. 

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.155 (listed under catalogue number 93)