Lord Leighton PRA, Standing female nude - for 'Venus and Cupid', ca. 1856.
Black chalk and white lead paint on brown wove paper. 465 mm x 297 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Lord Leighton PRA (1830 - 1896)
RA Collection: Art
465 mm x 297 mm
Lord Leighton PRA
Study of a standing female nude, probably for 'Venus and Cupid', probably by ca. 1856
Black chalk with white paint highlights on grey wove paper
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