'Jezebel and Ahab'

Painting details

Title: 'Jezebel and Ahab'
Date: c.1863
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 239 x 231 cm
Location: Scarborough Public Libraries, Museum and Art Gallery
Picture credit: (Detail illustrated) Scarborough Museum and Art Gallery

Provenance

Collection of Lewis Pocock; sold by Pocock through Christie's (auctioneers) on 24-25 March 1865 (lot 174); sold through Christie's (auctioneers) on 20 May 1882 (lot 157); sold by Wyllie; sold through Christie's (auctioneers) on 08 July 1893 (lot 83); acquired before 1930 for Scarborough Art Gallery

Bibliography

• Jones, Stephen, et al., 'Frederic Leighton (1830-1896)', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1996, catalogue number 28, illustrated on p.133
• Newall, Christopher, 'The Art of Lord Leighton', Phaidon Press Ltd., London, 1990, 41, 44, 92, illustrated on p.44
• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.55, 154, plate 74
• Rhys, Ernest, 'Frederic Lord Leighton, Late President of the Royal Academy of Arts: An Illustrated Record of his Life and Work', George Bell and

Exhibition history

• 1863, Royal Academy, catalogue number 382