Study for 'Helios and Rhodos': Legs of Helios, Foot of Helios

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Helios and Rhodos': Legs of Helios, Foot of Helios
Date: c.1868
Media: Pencil on white paper
Dimensions: 29.0 x 22.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0503
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower left "Helios and Rhodos" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed lower right "8" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "Left" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower right "58" encircled, in pencil, cro

Description

Upper centre of sheet: study for the right leg of Helios in the painting 'Helios and Rhodos' (c.1869, Tate). The leg is drawn from just above the knee to the toe. Beneath this is a faint study for the same foot and ankle. Lower left of sheet: study for the left foot and ankle of Helios. Lower centre of sheet: study for the left leg of Helios. 

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

• Jones, Stephen, et al., 'Frederic Leighton (1830-1896)', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1996, p.166, catalogue number 61c (illustrated)
• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.160 (listed under catalogue number 190) 

Exhibition history

• 15 February 1996 to 21 April 1996, 'Frederic Leighton 1830-1896', The Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 61c