Study for 'Helios and Rhodos': Helios

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Helios and Rhodos': Helios
Date: c.1868
Media: Pencil on white paper
Dimensions: 29.1 x 21.9 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0509
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "Helios & Rhodos" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "A56" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "5/-" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, upper left"509" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, upper right "

Description

Nude study for the torso of Helios in the painting 'Helios and Rhodos' (c.1869, Tate). The right arm is also drawn and the upper part of the right thigh is indicated. 

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 61d (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 61d