Lord Frederic Leighton

Key facts

Full title	An Outcrop in the Campagna
Artist	Lord Frederic Leighton
Artist dates	1830 - 1896
Date made	perhaps 1866
Medium and support	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	20.2 × 43.5 cm
Acquisition credit	The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery
Inventory number	L852
Location	Not on display
Image copyright	The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery, © Private collection 2000. Used by permission
Collection	Main Collection

An Outcrop in the Campagna

This simple, quick image of a rocky outcrop silhouetted against a clear blue sky, was recently rediscovered when it appeared in a 1992 London sale. The sketch may date from the painting expedition in the Roman Campagna undertaken by Leighton, Giovanni Costa and William Blake Richmond (1842 - 1921) in the autumn of 1866. The directness with which the humble natural objects and the play of light are depicted are characteristic of Leighton's finest Italian oil sketches.

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An Outcrop in the Campagna by Lord Frederic Leighton

Lord Frederic Leighton, An Outcrop in the Campagna

An Outcrop in the Campagna

An Outcrop in the Campagna

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