Lot Essay
Between the winter of 1858 and the summer of 1859 Leighton returned to Rome on his last extended trip abroad. The present sketches almost certainly result from one of these trips.
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Views of Alla Villa; Ponte Vecchio; and Lugliano
Details
Attributed to Frederic Lord Leighton (1830-1896)
Views of Alla Villa; Ponte Vecchio; and Lugliano
the first inscribed and dated 'alla villa/59' (lower left); the second inscribed and dated 'Ponte Vecchio/58' (lower right); the third inscribed and dated 'Lugliano/59' (upper left)
pencil
two 4 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. (10.5 x 16.2 cm.) and smaller (3)
Views of Alla Villa; Ponte Vecchio; and Lugliano
the first inscribed and dated 'alla villa/59' (lower left); the second inscribed and dated 'Ponte Vecchio/58' (lower right); the third inscribed and dated 'Lugliano/59' (upper left)
pencil
two 4 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. (10.5 x 16.2 cm.) and smaller (3)
Provenance
with J.W. Reynolds & Co., New York.
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Please note that these works should be fully catalogued as by Frederic Lord Leighton and not as stated in the catalogue.