Cartoon in oils for the mosaic of 'Cimabue'

Painting details

Title: Cartoon in oils for the mosaic of 'Cimabue'
Date: 1863-64
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 266 x 88 cm
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum

Interpretation

This cartoon is Leighton's design for a mosaic for the South Court of the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum). The actual ceramic mosaic was executed by Minton, Hollins and Co. of Stoke. It removed when the South Court was altered. The Museum also owns a copy of Leighton's cartoon by A. Sutherland.

Provenance

Commissioned for the mosaic in the South Court of the South Kensington Museum, now the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.155
• 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.67