Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A. (1830-1896)

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

Details

Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A. (1830-1896)

Study of a Girl's Head, wreathed in Laurel

oil on canvas laid down on board
10 x 7in. (25.4 x 17.8cm.)

Provenance

Queen Victoria
Anon. sale, Christie's, 26 April 1974, lot 43 (300gns to Davies)

Literature

Mrs Russell Barrington, The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton, 1906, vol.1, repr. facing p.1
Leonée and Richard Ormond, Lord Leighton, 1975, p.175, no.442

Lot Essay

According to Mrs Russell Barrington, the picture was 'presented to the Queen' by the artist, and was still in the Royal Collection in 1906. If this was the case, it must have left the Collection by 1974, when it was last sold in these Rooms. It has been suggested that the model is Dorothy Dene, who appears in so many of Leighton's later works (see lot 131).

The Ormonds place the picture among 'Undated Works' in their Catalogue.

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