Study for 'Samson and Delilah': Leg of Samson, Male Head

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Drawing details

Title: Study for 'Samson and Delilah': Leg of Samson, Male Head
Date: c.1858
Media: Black and white chalk on white paper
Dimensions: 47.1 x 29.0 cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: Leighton House Museum, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number: LHO/D/0461
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right "Study for Samson", "35" and "go/" in pencil. Inscribed on reverse, lower centre "C34" in pencil. Watermarked, centre "K F".

Description

Centre of sheet: study for the right leg of Samson in the painting 'Samson and Delilah' (c.1858, untraced). The leg faces the viewer and is bent at the knee so that the thigh is in sharp perspective. Right of sheet: study of a male head in profile, facing to the left. The figure has a beard and moustache and wears a turban. 

Provenance

Acquired by Leighton House Museum before 1926 

Bibliography

• Simon, Robin (editor), 'Lord Leighton 1830-1896 and Leighton House: A Centenary Celebration ', Apollo Magazine, London, 1996, p.36, figure 5
• Ormond, Leon+e and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.151 (listed under catalogue number 40) 

Exhibition history

• 19 September 2005 to 09 December 2005, 'The Leighton Drawings Project: A Preview', Leighton House Museum, London