'A Girl with a Basket of Fruit'

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Painting details

Title: 'A Girl with a Basket of Fruit'
Date: c.1863
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 83 x 56 cm
Location: Untraced
Picture credit: Courtesy of Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (illustrated from Rhys, Ernest, 'Frederic Lord Leighton, Late President of the Royal Academy of Arts: An Illustrated Record of his Life and Work', George Bell and Sons, London

Provenance

Collection of Albert Levy; sold by Levy through Christie's (auctioneers) on 31 March 1876 (lot 128); purchased by Colnagh (art dealer); collection of Mrs Stephenson Clarke; untraced

Bibliography

• Jones, Stephen, et al., 'Frederic Leighton (1830-1896)', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1996, p.127-128, illustrated on p.127, catalogue number 25
• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.55, 60, 61, 154
• Rhys, Ernest, 'Frederic Lord Leighton, Late President of the Royal Academy of Arts: An Illustrated Record of his Life and Work', George Bell and Sons, London, 1900, p.109

Exhibition history

• 1863, Royal Academy, catalogue number 406
• 04 January 1897 to 13 March 1897, 'Exhibition of Works be the Late Lord Leighton of Stretton President of the Royal Academy: Winter Exhibition', The Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 55