Sketchbook including Early Italian Compositions

Painting details

Title: Sketchbook including Early Italian Compositions
Date: c.1849
Media: Pencil and ink on paper
Dimensions: x cm
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Picture credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1942

Interpretation

This sketchbook includes a study of a seated male figure wearing a coat and a top hat which is very similar to three studies at Leighton House Museum and was almost certainly made at the same time and from the same model (see LHO/D/0883-0885).

Description

Sketchbook containing 20 studies including: Study for a Composition showing a Shepherd and a Cherub; Study for a Composition showing Children; Study for a Composition showing Venus and a Cherub; Study for a Composition showing Figures in a Square in Italy; Study of the Head and Shoulders of a Male Figure wearing Glasses; Study of a Seated Male Figure wearing a Top Hat; Study for a Composition showing Four Cherubs with Musical Instruments; Study for a Composition showing a Crowd and Male Figures on Horses.

Provenance

Purchased by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, through the Fletcher Fund in 1942