'Garden of the Generalife, Granada'

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Painting details

Title: 'Garden of the Generalife, Granada'
Date: c.1873
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 26.7 x 29.2 cm
Location: Private Collection
Picture credit: Courtesy of Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (illustrated from Rhys, Ernest, (prefatory essay by Stephens, F. G.) 'Sir Frederic Leighton, Bart., P. R. A.: An Illustrated Chronicle', George Bell and Sons, London, 1895, il

Description

View of a garden. A rectangular shaped horizontal pond extends the length of the canvas. In the background the pond extends to the archway of a white house. In the foreground the pond extends to a small circular shaped pool of water. A row of continuous foliage archways runs the length of the pond on the right side of the canvas. Between the archways there are various green grasses and shrubs, including a bush with red flowers. One single foliage archway crosses the entire canvas. To the right of the of the circular pool

Provenance

Bequeathed by the artist to his sisters, Mrs. Augusta Matthews (nTe Augusta Neunburg Leighton, 1835-1919) and Mrs. Alexandra Orr (nTe Alexandra Leighton, 1828-1903); sold through Christie's, London (lot 59); purchased by W. W. ouless, Royal Academy of Arts, London; by descent to his granddaughter, Mrs. Lucie Pomeroy.

Bibliography

• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.161, catalogue number 212
• Rhys, Ernest, (prefatory essay by Stephens, F. G.) 'Sir Frederic Leighton, Bart., P. R. A.: An Illustrated Chronicle', George Bell and Sons, London, 1895, illustrated opposite p.10

Exhibition history

• 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 137