LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

11.02 in. (28.00 cm.) (height) by 16.26 in. (41.30 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of works by the late Lord Leighton of Stretton, Winter 1897, no. 169, as The Town of Capri. London, Tate Britain, Pre-Raphaelite Vision: Truth to Nature, 12 February-3 May 2004, also Berlin, Altes Nationalgalerie, 12 June-19 September 2004, Madrid, Fundació 'la Caixa,' 6 October 2004-9 January 2005, pp. 211-212, 223, no. 131, illustrated. London, Leighton House, A Victorian Master: Drawings by Frederic, Lord Leighton, 8 November 2006-25 February 2007, also Scarborough, Scarborough Art Gallery 24 March-3 June 2007, Bristol, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, 22 June-2 September 2007, Bournemouth, The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, 10 October 2007-6 January 2008, Glasgow, The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, 25 January-17 April 2008, pp. 39, 41, cat. ill. 5, unnumbered, illustrated.

Literature:

L. and R. Ormond, Lord Leighton, Yale, 1975, p. 153, no. 60, as Town of Capri (catalogued as untraced).

Provenance:

The artist. His studio sale; Christie's, London, 11-13 July 1896, lot 13, as A Town, Capri. with Thomas Agnew & Sons, acquired at the above sale. Sir Thomas David Gibson Carmichael, Bt. (1859-1926), Castle Craig, Peebleshire, acquired directly from the above, 11 July 1896. His sale; Christie's, London, 10 May 1902, lot 29, as A Town in Capri. with Leggatt Brothers, London, acquired at the above sale. Private collection, UK, acquired circa 1925. By descent to the present owner.