Frederic, Lord Leighton, 'Houses in Venice', perhaps 1867
On loan: Leighton and Landscape, Leighton House Museum, London, UK About the work
Overview
This view is probably from a hotel window in Venice, as the vertical band of paint at far right suggests a window frame. At left, a tall thin cypress, its tip caught in the sunlight as it breaks above the roofline, rises from a courtyard. Long shadows fall across the roof that runs across the middle ground of the painting, while brilliant touches of light, perhaps reflected from the water of a canal far below, dance across the wall. This is one of Leighton's most original oil sketches.
Key facts
Details
- Full title
- Houses in Venice
- Artist
- Frederic, Lord Leighton
- Artist dates
- 1830 - 1896
- Date made
- perhaps 1867
- Medium and support
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25 × 39.5 cm
- Acquisition credit
- The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery
- Inventory number
- L848
- Location
- On loan: Leighton and Landscape, Leighton House Museum, London, UK
- Image copyright
- The Gere Collection, on long-term loan to the National Gallery, © Private collection 2000. Used by permission
- Collection
- Main Collection
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