'Count Paris, accompanied by Friar Laurence and a band of musicians, comes to the house of the Capulets to claim his bride; he finds Juliet stretched apparently lifeless on her bed (The Feigned Death of Juliet)'

Painting details

Title: 'Count Paris, accompanied by Friar Laurence and a band of musicians, comes to the house of the Capulets to claim his bride; he finds Juliet stretched apparently lifeless on her bed (The Feigned Death of Juliet)'
Date: c.1856-58
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 111.8 x 174.0 cm
Location: Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Provenance

Collection of Mrs. Barwell; sold through Christie's, London 1863, unsold; sold through Christie's, London 15 April 1893 (lot 88); purchased by Shepard; collection of William Ryland, 1897; purchased in 1899 by the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.

Bibliography

• Jones, Stephen et al., 'Frederic Leighton', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1996, figure 47,73. Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.151, catalogue number 35, plate 60

Exhibition history

• 1858, Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 598
• 1858, Liverpool, catalogue number 232
• 1859, Paris Salon, catalogue number 1911
• 1860, Boston Athenaeum, catalogue number 276
• 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 62