Study for 'The Dance' / Frederic Leighton
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- Accession Number
- 1981/2.131
- Title
- Study for 'The Dance'
- Artist
- Frederic Leighton
- Artist Nationality
- British
- Artist Life Dates
- 1830-1896
- Medium and Support
- black and white chalk on brown wove paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1883
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- United Kingdom (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United Kingdom (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Inscription
- Inscribed in pencil, l.r.: Projects
- Blind estate stamp (Lugt 1741a), l.l.: LLC
- Inscribed in pencil, in circle, on verso, l.r.: 54
- Inscribed in pencil, in circle, on verso at center: K33
- Dimensions
- 23.7 cm x 31.7 cm (9 5/16 in. x 12 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Primary Object Type
- study
- Physical Description
- Black chalk drawing with white highlights on a brown colored background. Four female figures, dressed in classical style drapery, standing in various poses playing a tamborine. One (small) with arms down at her side; one (medium) in profile, with arms outstretched; and two large figures, facing front, showing the motions of hitting the tamborine.
- Subject Matter
- This is a preparatory drawing of female figures in classical drapery playing tamborines for Leighton's frieze oil painting depicting "The Dance". This work and its companion painting, "Music" were commissioned as decorations for J. Stewart Hodgson's drawing room at No. 1, South Andley Street, London. Like Albert Moore, Leighton often depicted classically draped figures.
- Primary Keywords
- dance
- figures
- figures (representations)
- half-length
- musical instruments
- portraits
- standing
- tambourines
- victorian
- Secondary Keywords
- allegory and literature
- arts
- arts and related disciplines
- dances
- disciplines
- drums (membranophones)
- european
- european styles and periods
- frame drums
- humanities
- membranophones
- modern british styles and movements
- modern british styles by reign
- modern european regional styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- music
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- performing arts
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- sound devices by function
- struck drums
- study
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1225 x 913
- File Size
- 80 KB
- Record
- 1981/2.131
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"Study for 'The Dance'; Frederic Leighton." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1981-sl-2.131/1981_2.131.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
