Study for 'Cymon and Iphigenia': Seated Male Figure, Female Figure, Architectural Detail

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Cymon and Iphigenia': Seated Male Figure, Female Figure, Architectural Detail
Date: c.1883
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 23.2 x 33.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0636
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "I32" encircled, in pencil.

Description

 

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

• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.168 (listed under catalogue number 313) 

Exhibition history

• 1969, 'Display of Drawings and Paintings in the Winter Studio and Perrin Gallery', Leighton House Museum, catalogue number 59