Study of a Female Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study of a Female Figure
Date: 1852
Media: Pencil on white paper
Dimensions: 42.8 x 28.9 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0927
Inscriptions: Inscribed and dated, lower right "(Monticelli / Roma) 52" in pencil, in the artist's hand. Inscribed lower left "Study" in pencil. Inscribed lower left corner "88" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, embossed. Inscribed on reverse, centre

Description

Full-length study of a standing female figure in profile, facing to the left. The left foot rests on a box and both hands rest on the left knee. The figure is dressed in contemporary Italian costume, including a long dress, a shawl, and an apron. 

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 (Fine Art Society reference number P57); purchased from the Fine Art Society for ú3:3:0; presented to Leighton House Museum c.1899 

Bibliography

• Anon., 'Catalogue of Drawings by the late Lord Leighton Preserved for the Nation', Leighton House Committee, 1897, catalogue number 3 "Costumes"
• Staley, Edgcumbe, 'Lord Leighton of Stretton, P.R.A.', The Walter Scott Publishing Company, London, 1906, p.221