Study of a Male Figure (Life Drawing)

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Drawing details

Title: Study of a Male Figure (Life Drawing)
Date: 1855-77
Media: Black chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 45.8 x 18.0 cm
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Picture credit: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Reference number: 04/490
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower left "33" encircled, in pencil. Watermarked "KE".

Interpretation

This study was made early in Leighton's career, during a class in life-drawing. The model is probably the same person depicted in another drawing held at the Royal Academy (reference number 04/483).

Description

Full-length nude study of a standing male figure with arms folded. The figure has a beard and a moustache 

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