Study for 'Return of Persephone': Persephone

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Return of Persephone': Persephone
Date: c.1890
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 37.0 x 28.9 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0696
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed lower centre "Return of Persephone" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "D76" in pencil.

Description

Full-length study for the figure of Persephone in the painting 'Return of Persephone' (c.1891, City Art Gallery, Leeds). The hands are only just indicated. 

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.171 (listed under catalogue number 360)