Study for 'Cymon and Iphigenia': Sleeping Female Figures

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Cymon and Iphigenia': Sleeping Female Figures
Date: c.1883
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 16.5 x 32.3 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0815
Inscriptions: Inscribed centre right "M" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "283" encircled, in blue biro, crossed out in blue biro. Inscribed on reverse, upper centre "V2 P236" in pencil.

Description

Full-length study for the group of two reclining female figures to the lower right of the painting 'Cymon and Iphigenia' (c.1884, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney). The female figure nearest the viewer lies on her back with arms at head height. The head is propped up and turned towards the viewer. The left forearm rests over the eyes. The knees are bent and fall away from the viewer. In the finished work this figure is a female child and is seen curled up on the ground, with back to the viewer, feet to the left, and head resting on the second female figure. 

 

Bibliography

• Barrington, Mrs. Russell, 'The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic, Lord Leighton', George Allen, London, 1906, volume II, illustrated opposite p.256 

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