Study for 'Rizpah': Head of Rizpah

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Rizpah': Head of Rizpah
Date: c.1892
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 25.8 x 18.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0727
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower centre "X / Study for Rizpah" in blue crayon. Inscribed lower left, two smudges of black ink. Inscribed on reverse, centre "455" encircled, in red biro, crossed out in black biro.

Interpretation

This drawing was reproduced in 'The Magazine of Art' in 1893 as part of a single sheet which included a drapery study. The drapery study is also at Leighton House Museum (reference number LHO/D/0827). It seems that the two studies were cut from the original large sheet.

Description

Study for the head of Rizpah in the painting 'Rizpah' (c.1893, private collection). 

 

Bibliography

• Spielmann, Marion Harry Alexander, 'The Royal Academy Exhibition - I', 'The Magazine of Art', 1893, illustrated on p.220
• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.172 (listed under catalogue number 376)