Title:
Study of Foliage, Possibly a Study for 'Cymon and Iphigenia' Date:
c.1883 Media:
Pencil on white paper Dimensions:
16.2 x 9.5 cm Location: Leighton House Museum Picture credit:
Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Reference number:
LHO/D/0990 Inscriptions:
Inscribed lower left corner "982" in pencil.
Interpretation
This is one of many studies of foliage, reproduced with other studies for 'Cymon and Iphigenia', in a publication on the painting, produced by the Fine Art Society. There is similar foliage in the painting, although it is difficult to say for certain these studies were actually made with the painting in mind. [See bibliographical references]
Cymon and Iphigenia: Painted by Sir F. Leighton P.R.A., The Story of the Picture Illustrated', Fine Art Society, London, 1884, p.7 illustration 5
Meynell, Alice 'Cymon and Iphigenia', 'Art Journal', May 1884, illustrated on p.132
Rhys, Ernest, (prefatory essay by Stephens, F. G.) 'Sir Frederic Leighton, Bart., P.R.A.: An Illustrated Chronicle', George Bell and Sons, London, 1895, illustrated opposite p.XIX
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