Study for 'Daedalus and Icarus': Arm of Icarus, Male Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Daedalus and Icarus': Arm of Icarus, Male Figure
Date: c.1868
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 32.1 x 24.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0499
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "Icarus" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, upper right "55" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "30" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "E53" encircled, in pe

Description

Study for the right arm of Icarus in the painting 'Daedalus and Icarus' (c.1869, private collection). The fingers are less curled than in the finished painting. Upper right of sheet: full-length study of a seated male figure, facing the viewer. He is seated on the ground and is leaning to the right, resting the left elbow on a low surface. The right arm reaches across the torso. 

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.160 (listed under catalogue number 186)