Lord Frederic Leighton
(England 1830–1896)
- Title
- Winding the skein
- Year
- circa 1878
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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100.3 x 161.3cm stretcher; 136.5 x 197.5 x 10.0cm frame
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1974
- Accession number
- 1.1974
- Location
- 19th c European art
- Provenance (4)
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Maas Gallery, London (England), London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from J.S. Maas & Co 1974.
John Avery, dates unknown, after Pirie and before J.S. Maas & Co
Pirie, purchased Christie's London, 24 March 1906, anonymous sale 'Property of a gentleman' lot no. 111
F.H. Woodroffe, sold Christie's London, 24 March 1906, anonymous sale 'Property of a gentleman' lot no. 111
- Bibliography (26)
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Pietro Citati (Author), La pensee chatoyante: Ulysse et l'Odyssée, 2006, (illus.).
Angus Trumble (Australia) (Curator), Love and Death: art in the age of Queen Victoria, Adelaide, 2001, 196, 197 (colour illus.).
Tim Barringer (Editor), Elizabeth Prettejohn (Editor), Frederic Leighton: Antiquity, Renaissance, Modernity, London, 1999, (colour illus.). plate no. X
Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947) (Author), British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 17 (colour illus.), 123. cat.no. 1323
Hiroyuki Tanita (Author), F. Lord Leighton, Tokyo, 1995, 46, 47 (colour illus.).
Annabel Davie (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook, Domain, 1988, 42.
Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 112 (illus.), 113.
Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940) (Editor), Jan Meek (Australia) (Editor), Portrait of a Gallery, Sydney, 1984, 16.
Christopher Wood (England, b.1941) (Author), Olympian Dreamers, London, 1983, 54-55 (illus.). figure 10
R. Jenkyns (Author), The Victorians and ancient Greece, Oxford, 1980, 307-308.
Editor Unknown (Editor), Victorian High Renaissance, 1978, 116 (illus.). cat.no. 53
Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Peter Laverty (England; Australia, b.1926) (Author), Victorian Olympians, Sydney, 1975, 6, 18, 44 (colour illus.). cat.no. 16
Leonée Ormond (Author), Richard Ormond (Author), Lord Leighton, United States of America, 1975, 90-1, 128, 133. cat.no. 249, plate no. 123
'Recent Acquisitions' by Daniel Thomas, AGNSW Annual 1974-1975, 1974-1975, 2 (illus.). figure 1
'Leighton in Paris' by Leonée Ormond and Richard Ormond, pg. 136-141, Apollo 1973, 1973, 138 (illus.). figure 4
Maas Gallery, London (England) (Author), Paintings, drawings, and watercolours, 1972, cover (colour illus.). cat.no. 13
E. Staley (Author), Leighton, London, 1906, 112, 240.
Mrs R Barrington (Author), Leighton, 1906, Vol. II; 201, 211, (illus.), 368, 370, 387.
Alison Corkran (Author), Frederick Leighton, 1904, 98, 201.
Ernest Rhys (Author), Frederick Lord Leighton P.R.A. his life and his work, London, 1898, 29, 30 (illus.), 74, 87.
Ernest Rhys (Author), Frederick Lord Leighton P.R.A. his life and his work, London, 1895, 22, 56 (illus.), 69.
'Our living artists. Frederick Leighton, R.A.' by H.Schutz Wilson, pg. 57-62, Magazine of Art 1878, 1878, 59.
'Exhibition of the Royal Academy', The Times 04 May 1878, 04 May 1878, 12.
'The Royal Academy', Athenaeum 04 May 1878, 04 May 1878, 576.
'The Royal Academy Exhibition' pg.145-148, The Art Journal Jul 1878, Jul 1878, 147.
'Gallery III', Academy Notes May 1878, May 1878, 34. no. 302
- Exhibition history (14)
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Royal Academy of Arts, 1878, Royal Academy of Arts, Summer 1878–Summer 1878.
Liverpool Autumn Exhibition, 1878, Exhibition Venue Unknown, Autumn 1878–Autumn 1878.
Royal Academy of Arts winter exhibition, 1897, Royal Academy of Arts, Winter 1897–Winter 1897.
Paintings, Drawings, and Water-Colours, Maas Gallery, London, 1972–1972.
Victorian Olympians, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 20 Jun 1975–20 Jul 1975.
Victorian Olympians, National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], 12 Aug 1975–14 Sep 1975.
Victorian Olympians, Art Gallery of South Australia, 26 Sep 1975–26 Oct 1975.
Victorian High Renaissance, Manchester City Art Gallery, 01 Sep 1978–15 Oct 1978.
Victorian High Renaissance, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 19 Nov 1978–07 Jan 1979.
Victorian High Renaissance, Brooklyn Museum, 10 Feb 1979–08 Apr 1979.
Love and Death: art in the age of Queen Victoria, Art Gallery of South Australia, 07 Dec 2001–03 Feb 2002.
Love and Death: art in the age of Queen Victoria, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 16 Mar 2002–12 May 2002.
Love and Death: art in the age of Queen Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery, 30 May 2002–28 Jul 2002.
Love and Death: art in the age of Queen Victoria, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, 24 Aug 2002–24 Nov 2002.
