Study for 'Rizpah': Drapery

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Rizpah': Drapery
Date: c.1892
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 19.9 x 16.3 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0827
Inscriptions: Inscribed on reverse, upper centre "J a/c" in pencil.

Interpretation

This drawing was reproduced in 'The Magazine of Art' in 1893 as part of a single sheet which included a study for the head of Rizpah. The head study is also at Leighton House Museum (reference number LHO/D/0727). It seems that the two studies were cut from the original large sheet.

Description

Study of drapery falling from the right arm 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 

Exhibition history

• 19 September 2005 to 09 December 2005, 'The Leighton Drawings Project: A Preview', Leighton House Museum, London

Reproductions

38216