Study for Orpheus and Eurydice, c.1864

細節

Frederick, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896)
Study for Orpheus and Eurydice, c.1864
signed and inscribed with dedication 'Given to Westhall by/Fred Leighton' (lower left) and dated '15th April/1864' (lower right)
black and white chalk
7 x 4¾ in. (17.7 x 12 cm.)

來源

with The Fry Gallery, London.

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拍品專文

This is is a study for Leighton's Orpheus and Eurydice, currently residing in Leighton House. Leighton's inspiration for this work came from the poet Robert Browning:

But give them me, the mouth, the eyes, the brow!
Let them once more absorb me! One look now

Will lap me round for ever, not to pass
Out of its light, though darkness lie beyond:
Hold me but safe again within the bond

Of one immortal look! All woe that was,
Forgotten, and all terror that may be,
Defied,-no past is mine, no future: look at me!