Study for 'Return of Persephone': Head of Persephone

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Return of Persephone': Head of Persephone
Date: c.1890
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 24.0 x 24.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0820

Description

Study for the head of Persephone on the painting 'Return of Persephone' (c.1891, City Art Gallery, Leeds). The neck, shoulders and hair are also indicated. 

 

Bibliography

• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.173 (listed under catalogue number 396) 

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