Study for 'Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna...': Giotto, Shoes

Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna...': Giotto, Shoes
Date: 1853
Media: Pencil on white paper
Dimensions: 30.0 x 18.0 cm
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Picture credit: By Courtesy of the Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Reference number: E.1845-1910
Inscriptions: Inscribed "Roma, Agostino" in pencil in the artist's hand. Monographed "FL" in pencil.

Description

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

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); purchased by the Fine Art Society; one of 55 drawings purchased by the Victoria and Albert Museum from the Fine Art Society for a total of ú135:18:0 (including a 10% discount) in 1896 

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.150 (listed under catalogue number 23)
• Staley, Edgcumbe, 'Lord Leighton of Stretton, P.R.A.', The Walter Scott Publishing Company, London, 1906, p.226 

Exhibition history

• 06 November 2003 to 01 February 2004, 'The Canvas of Many Feet: Frederic Leighton in Rome, 1852-55', Leighton House Museum, London