Study for 'Music': Male Figure

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Music': Male Figure
Date: 1883-85
Media: Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions: 32.9 x 23.3 cm
Location: National Museum and Gallery, Cardiff
Picture credit: National Museums and Galleries of Wales
Reference number: NMW A 11424
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Project" on pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower right "2268 LXXIV". Stamped on reverse, lower left "[illegible]" encircled.

Description

Drapery study for the standing male figure, second from the left in the painting 'Music' (c.1883-85, Leighton House Museum). The legs of the figure have also been drawn in and the head is lightly sketched. 

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 in 1896; presented to the National Museum and Gallery, Cardiff by Sir William Goscombe John (sculptor, 1860-1952) in 1939. 

Bibliography

• 1998, 'Victorian Visions', National Museum and Gallery, Cardiff, catalogue number: 19
• 1999, 'Victorian Visions', City Art Museum, Helsinki, catalogue number: 17
• 28 February 2004 to 18 April 2004, 'Victorian Visions', Frick Art and Historical Centre, Pittsburgh
• 09 May 2004 to 18 July 2004, 'Victorian Visions', Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Nashville
• 28 August 2004 to 31 October 2004, 'Victorian Visions', Forte Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana
• 13 November 2004 to 22 January 2005, 'Victorian Visions' 

Exhibition history

• 2003, McIntyre, Bethany, 'Victorian Visions' International Arts and Artists