Cartoon in oils for the mosaic of 'Nicola Pisano'

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Painting details

Title: Cartoon in oils for the mosaic of 'Nicola Pisano'
Date: 1863-64
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 266 x 88 cm
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Picture credit: Courtesy of Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (illustrated from a photogravure)

Interpretation

This cartoon is Leighton's design for a mosaic for the South Court of the South Kensington Museum, but the Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum). The completed glass mosaic was executed by Antonio Salviati (Italian mosaicist, 1816-1890), but was removed when the South Court was altered. The Museum also owns copies of Leighton's cartoon by T. Gamble and 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