Lord Frederic Leighton

Key facts

Full title	View in Capri
Artist	Lord Frederic Leighton
Artist dates	1830 - 1896
Date made	perhaps 1859
Medium and support	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	21.2 × 29.3 cm
Acquisition credit	The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery
Inventory number	L847
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

View in Capri

In this sketch Leighton looks down onto the roofs of a small group of simple peasant houses. With their light colour, distinctive shallow domes and chimneys, they stand in stark contrast to the landscape they inhabit. A trail winds its way across a steep crest of hills. The distant summit is almost exactly at the vertical midpoint of the painting. At left, the steep cliffs fall away to the sea.

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Lord Frederic Leighton, View in Capri

View in Capri

View in Capri

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