Portrait of Lord Frederic Leighton

Details

PAOLO FOSSI, AFTER LEIGHTON (Italian, 19th century)
Portrait of Lord Frederic Leighton
oil on canvas
77 x 64 cm

Provenance

Presumably given by the artist to the Hon Lady Leighton-Warren and Sir Bryan Leighton (Leighton's cousin)
Sir Michael Leighton Bt (removed from Loton Park, Shropshire)
Sotheby's London, 9 June 1999, lot 123
Acquired from the above

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This Self Portrait shows Leighton in Academic robes with the gold medal of the president of the Academy in his breast with a section of the cast from the Elgin marbles that he had in his studio in Holland Park Road. Another copy by the same hand is in the town hall of Scarborough, where Leighton was born.

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