Artist:
Formerly attributed to Leighton, Lord, Frederic (1830-1896), Baron of Stretton, P.R.A., painter and sculptor Title:
Interior of a Mosque Date:
1845-65 Media:
Pencil and watercolour on buff paper Dimensions:
29.5 x 41.0 cm Location:
Leighton House Museum Picture credit:
Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Reference number:
LHO/D/0438 p.3 Inscriptions:
Inscribed on the drawing "grun" in pencil, in the artist's hand, which is German for "green". There are also other illegible notes of colours.
Interpretation
Presumably this drawing was made on location and the watercolour was added later, using the few colour notes as a guide to which colours to use.