Studies for 'Captive Andromache' and 'Hercules Wrestling with Death for the Body of Alcestis': Compositions, Male and Female Figures

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Drawing details

Title: Studies for 'Captive Andromache' and 'Hercules Wrestling with Death for the Body of Alcestis': Compositions, Male and Female Figures
Date: c.1870
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 32.4 x 24.5 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0516
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "[illegible]" encircled, in pencil, partially erased. Inscribed on reverse, centre "516" encircled, in pencil.

Description

Studies for the compositions of the paintings 'Captive Andromache' (c.1888, Manchester Art Gallery), and 'Hercules Wrestling with Death for the Body of Alcestis' (c.1869-71, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford). 

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

• Barringer, Tim, Prettejohn, Elizabeth (editors), 'Frederic Leighton: Antiquity Renaissance Modernity', Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1999, p.35
• Jones, Stephen, et al., 'Frederic Leighton (1830-1896)', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1996, p.64
• Newall, Christopher, 'The Art of Lord Leighton', Phaidon Press Ltd., London, 1990, p.73
• Simon, Robin (editor), 'Lord Leighton 1830-1896 and Leighton House: A Centenary Celebration', Apollo Magazine, London, 1996 p.72
• Ormond, Leon+e and Rich