Study for 'Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna...': Drapery for Girl

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna...': Drapery for Girl
Date: c.1854
Media: Black chalk and bodycolour on paper
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/664 verso

Interpretation

This drawing corresponds to yellow drapery which falls from a basket of flowers carried by a girl. Leighton retained his fascination with the stylistic effects of drapery throughout his career and often made extensive studies of fabric when preparing to paint a composition.

Description

Drapery study for the female child wearing a gold and red dress on the far left hand side of the painting 'Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna...' (c.1853-55, Royal Collection). 

 

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'Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna is Carried in Procession through the Streets of Florence; in front of the Madonna, and crowned with laurels, walks Cimabue himself, with his pupil Giotto; behind it Arnolfo Di Lapo, Gaddo Gaddi, Andrea Tafi, Niccola Pisa 'Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna is Carried in Procession through the Streets of Florence; in front of the Madonna, and crowned with laurels, walks Cimabue himself, with his pupil Giotto; behind it Arnolfo Di Lapo, Gaddo Gaddi, Andrea Tafi, Niccola Pisa
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