Study for 'Helios and Rhodos': Heads of Helios and Rhodos

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Helios and Rhodos': Heads of Helios and Rhodos
Date: c.1868
Media: Pencil on white paper
Dimensions: 27.8 x 21.1 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0506
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "Helios & Rhodos" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, embossed. Inscribed on reverse, centre "A50" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower centre "Left" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower right "ú2.2.0"

Description

Upper half of sheet: study for the head of Helios in the painting 'Helios and Rhodos' (c.1869, Tate). The edge of the left shoulder and part of the arm are also indicated. The angle of the head is not the same as in the painting, and it is raised higher. Lower half of sheet: study for the heads of Helios and Rhodos. 

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.167, catalogue number 61h (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 61h