Study for 'The Wise and Foolish Virgins': Female Hands

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Wise and Foolish Virgins': Female Hands
Date: c.1863
Media: Black chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 43.0 x 27.8 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0493 verso
Inscriptions: Inscribed on reverse, lower centre "Wise & Foolish Virgins" in pencil. Inscribed lower left "N91" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, upper right "Studies" in pencil, written sideways.

Interpretation

This study is on the reverse of a more finished study for the fresco (reference number LHO/D/0493).

Description

 

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)