Frederic, Lord Leighton, 'View in Capri', perhaps 1859
View in Capri
On loan: Leighton and Landscape, Leighton House Museum, London, UK About the work
Overview
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.
Key facts
Details
- 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
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