'Phryne at Eleusis'

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Painting details

Title: 'Phryne at Eleusis'
Date: c.1880-82
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 218.4 x 116.8 cm
Location: Untraced
Picture credit: Courtesy of Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (illustrated from Barrington, Mrs. Russell, 'The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic, Lord Leighton', George Allen, London, 1906, volume I, illustrated opposite p.230)

Description

Full-length standing female figure turned to the left with arms raised above the head.

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 13 July 1896 (lot 110); purchased by Leggatt; sold through Christie's, London 14 June 1902, (lot 79); sold through Christie's, London 21 June 1907, (lot 91); purchased by Sampson; untraced.

Bibliography

• Barrington, Mrs. Russell, 'The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic, Lord Leighton', George Allen, London, 1906, volume I, illustrated opposite p.230
• Jones, Stephen et al., 'Frederic Leighton', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1996, figures 41-43
• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.164, catalogue number 288

Exhibition history

• 1882, Royal Academy of Arts, London, catalogue number 307
• 1882, Liverpool Autumn Exhibition, catalogue number 120
• 1888
• Melbourne

Reproductions

Autotype by Fine Art Society (50 x 28)