Study for 'Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna...': Head of Giotto

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna...': Head of Giotto
Date: c.1854
Media: Black chalk on paper
Dimensions: 42.9 x 24.9 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/641 verso

Interpretation

A study for the figure in the British Museum (reference number 1897,0113.2), is inscribed with the name of the model 'Agostino'. Leighton made numerous similar studies for heads for the painting 'Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna...'.

Description

Study for the head of the figure of Giotto seen at the centre of the painting 'Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna...' (c.1853-55, Royal Collection). 

 

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Related Paintings/Projects

'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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