Study for 'Widow's Prayer': Composition

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Widow's Prayer': Composition
Date: c.1864
Media: Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions: 23.3 x 15.6 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/1124
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "No 34" in pen and ink.

Interpretation

The background of the painting 'Widow's Prayer' is based on the interior of St. Mark's in Venice, which Leighton visited between September and October 1864.

Description

Traced study for the composition of the painting 'Widow's Prayer' (c.1864-65, Leighton House Museum). 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