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Frederic, Lord Leighton, 'View in Capri', perhaps 1859

Key facts
Full title View in Capri
Artist Frederic, Lord 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 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
View in Capri
Frederic, Lord Leighton

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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