A study for 'Cleobolos instructing his daughter Cleoboline'

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Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896)
A study for 'Cleobolos instructing his daughter Cleoboline'
with inscription 'Given to Keith Rice-Oxley by Sir Alfred Rice-Oxley (of Leighton House Society) April 1928.' (on a label attached to the reverse)
black and white chalks, on blue paper
8¾ x 11¾ in. (22.2 x 29.8 cm.)

Provenance

Sir Alfred Rice-Oxley, 1928 and by bequest to
Keith Rice Oxley.

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Lot Essay

This is a study for Leighton's Royal Academy exhibit of 1871, no. 1118, in which the philosopher Cleobolus instructs his daughter, Cleoboline, whose pose can be seen sketched in the present drawing. For another study of this subject please see lot 201.

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