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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 Interior of the Vatican Museum, 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.19
Inscriptions:
Inscribed upper centre "MUSEUM : PIUM" in pencil, which translates as MUSEUM : PIUS", possibly in the artist's hand. Inscribed lower right 'Vatikan' in pencil, which translates as "Vatican", possibly in the artist's hand.
Page from a sketchbook. View of an interior with double doors at the end of the room flanked by two caryatids supporting the entablature with a vase at the top. A vertical line is drawn through the centre of the doorway. The area to the right of it is only lightly sketched in, the area to the left is drawn in some detail with elements picked out in watercolour.
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