'Sisters'

Painting details

Title: 'Sisters'
Date: c.1862
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 76 x 38 cm
Location: Private Collection

Provenance

Collection of Stewart Hodgson; sold by Hodgson through Christie's (actioneers) on 03 June 1893 (lot 25); sold through Christie's (actioneers) on 04-05 October 1973 (lot 196); purchased by Hartnoll and Eyre (art dealers); private collection

Bibliography

• Jones, Stephen, et al., 'Frederic Leighton (1830-1896)', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1996, p.128
• Newall, Christopher, 'The Art of Lord Leighton', Phaidon Press Ltd., London, 1990, p.36, 39, 90, illustrated on p.39
• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.49, 50, 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.20

Exhibition history

• 1862, Royal Academy, catalogue number 237