Study after a Painting by Vittore Carpaccio

• enlarge drawing

Drawing details

Title: Study after a Painting by Vittore Carpaccio
Date: 1853
Media: Pencil on white paper
Dimensions: 22.0 x 29.1 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0939
Inscriptions: Inscribed centre left "Vittoria / 53." in pencil, in the artist's hand. Inscribed lower left "68" in pencil. Inscribed lower right "Head" in pencil. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, embossed. Inscribed on reverse, centre "Q43" encircled. Inscribed

Description

Study of the head of a male figure, seen in a painting by Vittore Carpaccio (c.1455/65-1525/26). 

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 Q43); purchased from the Fine Art Society by the Leighton Fund for ú3:3:0; presented to Leighton House Museum in c.1899. 

Bibliography

• Anon., 'Catalogue of Drawings by the late Lord Leighton Preserved for the Nation', Leighton House Committee, 1897, catalogue number 19 "Studies of heads"
• Barrington, Mrs. Emilie Isabel, 'Catalogue: Lord Leighton's House and What it Contains', 1900, reprinted as part of 'A Collection of Essays on Lord Leighton and his Works with Illustrated Catalogue of the Contents of Leighton House', privately published, London, 1900-01, p.191 catalogue number 288
• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', 

Exhibition history

• 09 April 1900 to at least 1936, 'The Leighton House Collection' (intended to be a permanent display), Leighton House Museum, London, catalogue number 288 (exhibited in the glass studio)
• 19 September 2005 to 09 December 2005, 'The Leighton Drawings Project: A Preview', Leighton House Museum, London