Study for 'Captive Andromache': Male and Female Figures

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Captive Andromache': Male and Female Figures
Date: c.1887
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 28.1 x 36.9 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0679

Interpretation

The study to the lower left of this sheet may have been later developed into the painting 'Fatidica' (c.1894, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight).

Description

Left of sheet: full-length study for the female figure, seen with a baby to the right of the painting 'Captive Andromache' (1888, City Art Gallery, Manchester). Upper centre of sheet: half-length study for the male figure, seen with a female figure and baby, to the right of the painting. The female figure and baby are also lightly sketched in. Right of sheet: half-length study for the male figure, seen with a female figure and baby, to the right of the painting. Upper right of sheet: two small sketches for parts of the baby seen to the right of the painting. Lower left of sheet: full-length study of a seated female figure, facing to the left, with the lower body turned to the right. The right arm rests on the arm of a chair. The left elbow rests on the arm of a chair and the hand is raised to the forehead. 

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)