Study of a Male Head

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Drawing details

Title: Study of a Male Head
Date: 1856
Media: Pencil on white paper
Dimensions: 27.7 x 20.5 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0950
Inscriptions: Inscribed centre right "18 FL 56" in pencil, in the artist's hand. Inscribed lower right "71" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, centre "Q38" encircled, in pencil, crossed out in red biro. Inscribed on reverse, centre "465" in pencil, crossed out in bl

Interpretation

This drawing, made in 1856, probably shows the face of one of the many artist's models working in Rome at the time.

Description

Study of a male head, facing the viewer. He is frowning and has short curly hair. 

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; collection of Leighton House Museum