Study for 'Perseus and Andromeda': Andromeda

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Perseus and Andromeda': Andromeda
Date: c.1891
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 34.7 x 19.2 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/656
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Andromeda" in pencil. Inscribed lower centre "Drapery" in pencil. Labelled on mount "(1) Study for Andromeda in "Perseus and Andromeda". Black / and white chalk on brown paper. / (2) Study for Andromeda in "Perseus and Andromed

Interpretation

This is a study of Leighton's favourite model, Dorothy Dene, who posed for the figure of Andromeda in the painting 'Perseus and Andromeda' (c.1891, The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool).

Description

Full-length drapery study for the figure of Andromeda in the painting 'Perseus and Andromeda' (c.1891, The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool). The nude figure of Andromeda and the rock she stands on are also lightly indicated. 

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