'Michael Angelo Nursing his Dying Servant'

'Michael Angelo Nursing his Dying Servant'

Painting details

Title: 'Michael Angelo Nursing his Dying Servant'
Date: c.1862
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 109.0 x 91.0 cm
Location: Private Collection
Picture credit: Courtesy of Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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Description

'Michael Angelo Nursing his Dying Servant'
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Three-quarter length view of two seated male figures, facing the viewer.

Provenance

'Michael Angelo Nursing his Dying Servant'
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Collection of G. M. Smith; private collection; on loan to Leighton House Museum, London since 1990

Bibliography

  • Barrington, Mrs. Russell, 'The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic, Lord Leighton', George Allen, London, 1906, volume II, p.86-88, 93, 105-107, 370
  • Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.59, 154
  • 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.19

Exhibition history

  • 1862, Royal Academy, catalogue number 292
  • 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 2

Reproductions

Photograph by Frederick Hollyer (photographer, 1837-1933)

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