Study for 'The Death of Brunelleschi': Composition

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'The Death of Brunelleschi': Composition
Date: c.1852
Media: Chalk and watercolour on paper
Dimensions: 52.6 x 38.8 cm
Location: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
Picture credit: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear Museums)
Reference number: C13228

Description

Study for the composition of the painting 'The Death of Brunelleschi' (1852, Leighton House Museum). 

Provenance

Collection of T. Humphrey Ward; presented to the British Red Cross Society by Ward; purchased from the British Red Cross Society by John George Joicey, on 19 April 1916; bequeathed to the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, by Joicey, in 1919 

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.150, (listed under catalogue number 14) 

Exhibition history

• 1945, 'Yorkshire Artists 1600-1900', Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, catalogue number 36
• 23 October 2004 to 13 March 2005, 'Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite Watercolours', Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle