Study for 'Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna...': Male Head

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna...': Male Head
Date: 1853
Media: Pencil on white paper
Dimensions: 29.6 x 23.4 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0945
Inscriptions: Inscribed centre right "Giacomo. / Roma. / 18 FL 53" in pencil, in the artist's hand. Inscribed lower right "935" in pencil, erased. Inscribed lower right "Head" in pencil, erased. Inscribed on reverse, centre "C4" encircled, in pencil. Inscribed on

Description

Study for the head of the bearded male figure dressed in orange and supporting the bier (moveable frame), to the right of the painting 'Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna...' (c.1853-55, Royal Collection). 

Provenance

Collection of Leighton House Museum 

Bibliography

• Barrington, Mrs. Russell, 'The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic, Lord Leighton', George Allen, London, 1906, volume I, illustrated opposite p.112
• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.150 (listed under catalogue number 23) plate 41 

Exhibition history

• 1969, 'Display of Drawings and Paintings in the Winter Studio and Perrin Gallery', Leighton House Museum, catalogue number 5