Study for 'Helios and Rhodos': Rhodos

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Helios and Rhodos': Rhodos
Date: c.1868
Media: Pencil on white paper
Dimensions: 28.9 x 21.7 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0510
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Helios & & Rhodos" in pencil. Lower right "6" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "A57" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "10/-" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower right "57" encircled, in pencil, cross

Description

Half-length nude study for the lower half of the figure of Rhodos in the painting 'Helios and Rhodos' (c.1869, Tate). 

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 61f (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 61f