'Studies for 'Salom+ Dancing': Composition, Salom+, Hands of Salom+

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Drawing details

Title: 'Studies for 'Salom+ Dancing': Composition, Salom+, Hands of Salom+
Date: c.1864
Media: Pencil on blue paper
Dimensions: 32.5 x 48.1 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0459
Inscriptions: Stamped lower left "LLC" encircled, in black ink. Inscribed lower right "[illegible]" inscription has been erased. Inscribed on reverse, centre "132" encircled, in pencil.

Description

Left of sheet: study for the composition of the painting 'Salom+ Dancing' (c.1864, private collection). Figures seem to be indicated to the right of Salom+, although these are not included in the finished work. Centre of sheet: half-length nude study for the figure of Salom+. Right of sheet: study for the left and right hand of Salom+. The gesture of each hand is similar to the those in the paintings. However, the left hand is drawn above the right, whereas in the painting, the right hand is held higher. 

Provenance

Bequeathed by the artist to his sisters, Mrs. Augusta Matthews (n+e Augusta Neunburg Leighton, 1835-1919) and Mrs. Alexandra Orr (n+e Alexandra Leighton, 1828-1903); purchased by the Fine Art Society in 1896; sold by the Fine Art Society for 12:12:0; collection of Leighton House Museum 

Bibliography

• Anon., 'Catalogue of Drawings by the late Lord Leighton Preserved for the Nation', Leighton House Committee, 1897, p.22, Elijah in the Wilderness and Other Subjects, cat no 13
• Barrington, Mrs. Russell, 'The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic, Lord Leighton', George Allen, London, 1906, volume I, illustrated opposite p.308
• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.154 (listed under catalogue number 87)