View of the Villa Rafaelli and Gardens

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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 the Villa Rafaelli and Gardens
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.13
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Villa Rafaelli" in pencil, possibly in the artist's hand.

Description

Page from a sketchbook. View of the Villa Rafaelli seen through the trees and shrubbery of the villa's garden. The villa, seen in the middle distance, and a second group of buildings in the far distance are painted in watercolour. The surrounding vegetation is in pencil alone. 

Provenance

Presented to Leighton House Museum by 1926