Study of Three Standing Draped Female Figures for "Music"
Frederic, Lord Leighton
ca. 1883–85
Medium
Black and white chalk on brown paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 1/4 in. × 11 in. (38.7 × 28 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, PECO Foundation Gift, 2016
Accession Number
2016.62
Tags
Women
About the Artist
Frederic, Lord Leighton · 1830–1896
Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton (1830–1896), was born on 3 December 1830 in Scarborough, England, to a prosperous medical family. His father, Dr. Frederic Septimus Leighton, and mother, Augusta Susan, provided him with financial security throughout his life, while his grandfather, Sir James Boniface Leighton, had served as physician to Russian tsars Alexander I and Nicholas I. After early ed...