Live Auction 5326Victorian & British Impressionist Art
Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896)
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Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896)

Study of a Girl's Head, wreathed in laurel

Closed31 May 2012

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GBP 10,000

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Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., R.W.S. (1830-1896)
Study of a Girl's Head, wreathed in laurel
oil on canvas laid down on board
10 3/8 x 7 3/8 in. (26.4 x 18.7 cm.)

H.M. Queen Victoria.
with Da Vinci Gallery, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 26 April 1974, lot 43 (300 gns to Davies).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 November 1992, lot 128.

Specialist note

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.

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