Frederick, Lord Leighton P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896)

Studies of figures for The Arts of Industry as Applied to War

细节

Frederick, Lord Leighton P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896)
Studies of figures for The Arts of Industry as Applied to War
with inscription 'Studies' (overmounted lower right) and with Leighton's studio stamp (lower left, Lugt 1741 a)
black and white chalk, on blue paper
9¼ x 11¾ in. (3.5 x 29.8 cm.)

来源

with Peter Nahum, London.

拍品专文

The Arts of Industry as Applied to War was the subject of a lunette in the South Kensington Museum, now the Victoria and Albert museum, completed in 1878-80. Having received the commission a decade earlier, Leighton worked on a cartoon for the mural between 1870 and 1872, and completed several drawings for the project simultaneously. Whereas the lunette's companion shows The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace and a group of classical women adorning themselves, War shows a medieval city preparing for combat.