View of a Well, 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 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.

Description

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. 

Provenance

Presented to Leighton House Museum by 1926 

Related Paintings/Projects

Image of painting unavailable. Sketchbook including Views of Italy, Germany, Austria and Switzerland
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