Study for 'The Star of Bethlehem': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Star of Bethlehem': Composition
Date: c.1861
Media: Watercolour on blue paper
Dimensions: 11.5 x 5.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0429

Description

Study for the composition of the painting 'The Star of Bethlehem' (1862, untraced). 

Provenance

Presented to Leighton House Museum in... 

Bibliography

• Barrington, Mrs. Emilie Isabel (preface), '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, London, p.162 catalogue number 12c 

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 12c (exhibited in the Dining Room)

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