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: 22.6 x 18.2 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/2178
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Alicante / Allessandro. [crossed out] / Roma. / 18 FL 53. / London / [illegible]" in pencil, in the artist's hand, lower part of last word of inscription is cut off. Inscribed on reverse, upper right "B Daniels / 5874" in penci

Interpretation

The model for this study named Allessandro, would have been one of the many of local Roman models who served a substantial community of foreign artists working in Rome at the time.

Description

Study for the head of the male figure holding a violin in the painting 'Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna...' (c.1853-55, Royal Collection, Windsor). 

Provenance

Purchased from Durlacher Bros. (art dealer), New York, by David Daniels, 1965; collection of Stevan Beck Baloga; bequeathed to Leighton House Museum by Baloga in 2004 

Bibliography

• Bennett, Mary Lee and Mongan, Agnes, 'Drawings from the David Daniels Collection', Cambridge Massachusetts, 1968, catalogue number 37
• Dorment, Richard, et al., 'Victorian High Renaissance: George Frederic Watts 1817-1904, Frederic Leighton 1830-1896, Albert Moore 1841-1893, Alfred Gilbert 1854-1934', Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1978, p.99-100 catalogue number 36
• Gere, Charlotte, et al., 'A Victorian Master: Drawings by Frederic, Lord Leighton', Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, 2006, 

Exhibition history

• 22 February 1968 to 21 April 1968, 'Drawings from the David Daniels Collection', Minneapolis Institute of Arts, U.S.A., catalogue number 37
• 03 May 1968 to 23 June 1968, 'Drawings from the David Daniels Collection', Art Institute of Chicago, U.S.A, catalogue number 37
• 11 July 1968 to 29 September 1968, 'Drawings from the David Daniels Collection', Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum, Kansas City, U.S.A., catalogue number 37
• 16 October 1968 to 25 November 1968, 'Drawings from the David Daniels Col