'The Spirit of the Summit'

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Painting details

Title: 'The Spirit of the Summit'
Date: c.1894
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 198.0 x 102.0 cm
Location: Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
Picture credit: Courtesy of Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (illustrated from a photogravure)

Provenance

Collection of Robert English; sold by English through Christie's (art dealers) on 09 July 1915 (lot 102); purchased by Smith; sold through Christie's (art dealers) on 16 July 1926 (lot 75); purchased by Sampson; collection of Moss Davis; presented to Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand by Davis in 1926

Bibliography

• Corkran, Alice, 'Frederic Leighton', Methuen and Co., London, 1904, p.101
• Jones, Stephen, et al., 'Frederic Leighton (1830-1896)', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1996, p.40, 229, 234
• Newall, Christopher, 'The Art of Lord Leighton', Phaidon Press Ltd., London, 1990, p.133
• Ormond, LeonTe and Richard, 'Lord Leighton', Yale University Press, London, 1975, p.125, 127, 172, plate 161
• Rhys, Ernest, 'Frederic Lord Leighton, Late President of the Royal Academy of Arts: An Illustrated Record of his Life

Exhibition history

• 1894, Royal Academy, catalogue number 20
• 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 58

Reproductions

Photograph by H. Dixon and Son