Study for 'Cimabue Finding Giotto in the Fields of Florence': Male Figures, Sleeves, Leg

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Cimabue Finding Giotto in the Fields of Florence': Male Figures, Sleeves, Leg
Date: c.1849
Media: Pencil on paper
Dimensions: 40.0 x 23.2 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/663
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "23" encircled.

Description

Study for the two standing male figures to the left of the painting 'Cimabue Finding Giotto in the Fields of Florence' (c.1848-50, Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery). There are also two drapery studies of sleeves. Lower left of sheet: study of a left leg. 

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 

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