Study for 'Bacchante': Drapery for Female Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Bacchante': Drapery for Female Figure
Date: c.1891
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 48.4 x 33.3 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0622
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower left "Baccante" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, upper "The Dance, 1883. Acc No 622 / Study For Costume" in biro. Inscribed on reverse, centre "130" encircled, in blue biro, crossed out in blue biro. Inscribed on reverse, centre "131"

Description

Three-quarter-length drapery study for the female figure in the painting 'Bacchante' (c.1892, private collection). The animal skin worn over the top of the classical drapery is not drawn in detail, but is indicated. The arms, head, part of the left leg, and the dish held in the right hand, are also indicated. 

 

Bibliography

• Barrington, Mrs. Emilie Isabel, 'Catalogue: Lord Leighton's House and What it Contains', 1900, reprinted as part of 'A Collection of Essays on Lord Leighton and his Works with Illustrated Catalogue of the Contents of Leighton House', privately published, London, 1900-01, p.161 catalogue number 3a
• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.166 (listed under catalogue number 292)
• Staley, Edgcumbe, 'Lord Leighton of Stretton, P.R.A.', The Walter Scott Publ 

Exhibition history

• 09 April 1900 to at least 1936, 'The Leighton House Collection' (intended to be a permanent display), Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 3a (exhibited in the dining room)
• 10 March 1981 to 26 April 1981, 'Victorian Paintings at Riverside', Riverside Studios, London