Study for 'Perseus and Andromeda': Andromeda

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Perseus and Andromeda': Andromeda
Date: c.1890
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 37.2 x 28.7 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0669
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Andromeda" and "L/4" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, embossed. Inscribed on reverse, lower right "24" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "3/3/" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "A11" encircled, in pen

Description

Centre of sheet: full-length study for the figure of Andromeda in the painting 'Perseus and Andromeda' (c.1891, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool). The drawing differs from the finished work as the arms are held above the the head and the upper body is turned to the right. Centre right of sheet: half-length study for the figure of Andromeda with arms held above the head and the head turned to the right. Lower right of sheet: full-length study for the figure of Andromeda in the same pose as the finished work. The drawing differs from the finished work as drapery is sketched in around the figure. 

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.169 (listed under catalogue number 334) 

Exhibition history

• 1969, 'Display of Drawings and Paintings in the Winter Studio and Perrin Gallery', Leighton House Museum, catalogue number 71