Artist:
Formerly attributed to Leighton, Lord, Frederic (1830-1896), Baron of Stretton, P.R.A., painter and sculptor Title:
View of a Well, 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.21 Inscriptions:
Inscribed in German lower right "Brunnen in Rom" in pencil, which translates as "Well in Rome", possibly in the artist's hand.
Page from a sketchbook. View of a square well of brick construction. Two large columns rise to support a wooden trellis above which is supported at its other corners by timber posts. A vine grows over the trellis, but not all of it, nor the trellis itself is painted in watercolour. In the distance are buildings and hills.