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

Jacob and Esau

Details

Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A. (1830-1896)
Jacob and Esau
signed with initials and dated ‘Jan.1/ 1857’ (lower left)
pencil and black chalk, heightened with white on buff paper
9 ¾ x 7 ¼ in. (24.8 x 18.4 cm.)

Provenance

with Maas Gallery, taken from a Leighton sketchbook, circa 1977, where purchased by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The present drawing was made while Leighton was living in Paris, having taken a studio in the Rue Pigalle in 1855. At this time he was predominantly concerned with classical subjects, and so the current subject matter taken from Genesis is something of a departure, as it precedes the work Leighton did for Dalziel's Bible in the 1860s.

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