Study after a Bust by Antonio Rossellino

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Drawing details

Title: Study after a Bust by Antonio Rossellino
Date: 1854
Media: Pencil on white paper
Dimensions: 27.9 x 21.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0944
Inscriptions: Inscribed upper centre "Matteo Palmieri (fior.) / Uffizi Gal. / 18 FL 54" [check date - 1851?] in pencil, in the artist's hand. Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, embossed. Inscribed on reverse, upper left "3" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on reve

Interpretation

This drawing is a study of the bust of Matteo Palmieri (Italian historian, 1405-1475) by Rossellino Antonio (Florentine sculptor, 1427-1479). In 1854 it was on display in the Uffizi in Florence, but has since been transferred to the Bargello Museum, also in Florence.

Description

 

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 M46); purchased from the Fine Art Society by the Leighton Fund for ú5:5:0; 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 35 "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.168 catalogue number 46 

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 46 (exhibited in the Silk Room)