Study for 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons': Male Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons': Male Figure
Date: c.1894
Dimensions: 34.0 x 22.5 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/3001

Interpretation

This drawing is remarkably similar to another drapery study of the same figure, also in the collection at Leighton House Museum (reference number LHO/D/0752), although this version is rougher and fainter. It is unusual to find two similar drapery studies by Leighton for the same figure.

Description

Full-length, rough nude study of the male figure of a Phoenician with both hands raised, in the centre of the fresco 'Phoenicians Bartering with Ancient Britons' (1894-95, Royal Exchange). 

Provenance

Collection of Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea