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Artist:
Formerly attributed to Leighton, Lord, Frederic (1830-1896), Baron of Stretton, P.R.A., painter and sculptor
Title:
View of the Villa Madama
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.9
Inscriptions:
Inscribed lower right "Villa Madama" in pencil, possibly in the artist's hand.
Villa Madame is a suburban palace situated outside Rome.
Page from a sketchbook. View of the Villa Madama shown silhouetted against the sky. The vaulted and painted loggia, the subject of the drawing on page 11 of the sketchbook can be seen. To the right, a brick arcade leads to the Villa. In front of the arcade in the foreground is a rectangular pond surrounded by a low brick wall. The ground drops steeply away to the left.
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