Study for 'Helios and Rhodos': Helios, Leg of Helios

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Helios and Rhodos': Helios, Leg of Helios
Date: c.1868
Media: Pencil on white paper
Dimensions: 28.9 x 21.9 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0505
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "Helios & Rhodes" in pencil. Inscribed lower right corner "7" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "A53" or "A55" encircled, in pencil, crossed out in black biro. Inscribed on reverse, centre "5/-" in pencil. Inscribed on re

Description

Half-length nude study for the lower half of the figure of Helios in the painting 'Helios and Rhodos' (c.1869, Tate). Lower centre of sheet: study for the right foot and lower 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 61b (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 61b