'Old Damascus; Jews' Quarter'

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Painting details

Title: 'Old Damascus; Jews' Quarter'
Date: c.1873-74
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 129.5 x 104.1 cm
Location: Private Collection
Picture credit: Courtesy of Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (illustrated from Baldry, Alfred Lys, 'Masterpieces in Colour: Leighton', T.C. & E. C. Jack, London, c.1905, illustrated opposite p.24)

Interpretation

The title 'Gathering Citrons' is also used to refer to this painting.

Provenance

Collection of Lord Mildmay and by descent; private collecton; sold through Sotheby's, London 'Victorian Pictures', 08-09 June 1993 (lot 36); 1984, 'The Orientalists: Delacroix to Matisse', National Gallery of Art, Washington, catalogue number 87

Bibliography

• Baldry, Alfred Lys, 'Masterpieces in Colour: Leighton', T.C. and E. C. Jack, London, c.1905, illustrated opposite p.24
• Barrington, Mrs. Russell, 'The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic, Lord Leighton', George Allen, London, 1906, volume II, p.205-208
• Corkran, Alice, 'Frederic Leighton', Methuen and Co., London, 1904, p101
• Jones, Stephen et al., 'Frederic Leighton', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1996, catalogue number 66
• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London,

Exhibition history

• 1874, Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 303
• 1907, 'Winter Exhibition', Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 163