View of a House near Rome

Drawing details

Artist: Formerly attributed to Leighton, Lord, Frederic (1830-1896), Baron of Stretton, P.R.A., painter and sculptor
Title: View of a House near Rome
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.14
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower left "Aussicht vom Castel Ganolfo" in pencil, which translates as "View from Castle Ganolfo". Inscribed, lower right "Caste [sic] Ganolfo" in pencil, possibly in the artist's hand.

Interpretation

Castle Ganolfo situated outside Rome.

Description

Page from a sketchbook. 

Provenance

Presented to Leighton House Museum by 1926 

Exhibition history

• 1982, 'George Hemming Mason', Stoke-on-Trent City Museum and Art Gallery, catalogue number 12