View of S. Giovanni and Paolo

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Drawing details

Artist: Formerly attributed to Leighton, Lord, Frederic (1830-1896), Baron of Stretton, P.R.A., painter and sculptor
Title: View of S. Giovanni and Paolo
Date: 1852-55
Media: Pencil and watercolour on white paper
Dimensions: 41.0 x 29.5 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0437 p.6
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "S. Giovanni e Paulo [sic]" in pencil, possibly in the artist's hand.

Description

Page from a sketchbook. View of the monestary of S. Giovanni and Paolo, two large palm trees grow either side of a wall running across the foreground of the composition. The sheet is unfinished at lower right. 

Provenance

Presented to Leighton House Museum by 1926