Title:
Study for 'And the sea gave up the dead which were in it': Female Figure Date:
1882-84 Media:
Black and white chalk on brown paper Dimensions:
32.8 x 21.7 cm Location: Leighton House Museum Picture credit:
Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Reference number:
LHO/D/0618 Inscriptions:
Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, upper right "236" encircled, in black biro, crossed out in black biro, written sideways.
Full-length nude study for the female figure in the painting 'And the sea gave up the dead that were in it' (1891-92, Tate). The head is hardly indicated at all. The pose is very similar to the equivalent figure in the finished work.
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.228, catalogue number 115q
Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.170 (listed under catalogue number 354)
Exhibition history
15 February 1996 to 21 April 1996, 'Frederic Leighton 1830-1896', The Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 115q
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