Title:
Study for 'Orpheus and Eurydice': Composition Date:
c.1863 Media:
Pencil on tracing paper Dimensions:
10.8 x 9.5 cm Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London Picture credit:
Royal Academy of Arts, London Reference number:
04/1125 Inscriptions:
Inscribed lower right "No 83" in pen and ink.
Description
Traced study for the composition of the painting 'Orpheus and Eurydice' (c.1864, Leighton House Museum). The laurel wreath behind Orpheus' head is not included and Orpheus' hair is longer than in the finished work. The tracing is squared up.
Provenance
Bequeathed by the artist to his sisters, Mrs. Augusta Matthews (nTe Augusta Neunburg Leighton, 1835-1919) and Mrs. Alexandra Orr (nTe Alexandra Leighton, 1828-1903); presented to the Royal Academy of Arts, London by Matthews and Orr in 1896
Bibliography
Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.155 (listed under catalogue number 102)
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Related Paintings/Projects
'Orpheus and Eurydice' ("But give me - the mouth, the eyes, the brows") view painting/project