Studies for 'Bacchante' and 'Farewell!': Female Figures

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Drawing details

Artist: Leighton, Lord, Frederic (1830-1996), Baron of Stretton, P.R.A., painter and sculptor
Title: Studies for 'Bacchante' and 'Farewell!': Female Figures
Date: c.1891
Media: Black and white chalk on grey-brown paper
Dimensions: 25.0 x 32.0 cm
Location: Dahesh Museum, New York
Picture credit: c Dahesh Museum of Art, New York
Reference number: 1999.6

Description

Left of sheet: full-length drapery study for the female figure in the painting 'Farewell!' (c.1893, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull). Right of sheet: four studies for the female figure in the painting 'Bacchante' (c.1892, private collection).