'Nausicaa'

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Painting details

Title: 'Nausicaa'
Date: c.1878
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 146.1 x 67.3 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

Full length, standing female figure, facing the viewer. The head is turned to the left. The figure's left arm is rests against a wall. The right hand is touching the side of the cheek, fingers curled inwards. The figure is dressed in peasant style dress: a white dress, brown shawl and white scarf tied around the head.

Provenance

Collection of A. G. Krutz; collection of Alderman Horatio Davies; sold through Christie's, London 27 June 1903 (lot 8); purchased by Booth; collection of John Avery; collection of J. S. Maas and Co; collection of Sebastian Deferranti

Bibliography

• Jones, Stephen et al., 'Frederic Leighton', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1996, catalogue number 80. Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.164, catalogue number 248
• 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.22

Exhibition history

• 1878, Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 145
• 1878, Liverpool Autumn Exhibition, catalogue number 183
• 1886, Liverpool Loan Exhibition, catalogue number 1217
• 1895, Guildhall, catalogue number 85
• 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 143