Study of a Shepherd
Artist
Frederic Leighton, Baron Leighton of Stretton
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1888
MediumChalk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 12 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (31.4 x 23.8 cm)
InscribedStamped lower left with the artist's estate stamp (Lugt 1741a). Stamped on the verso with Platt's collector's mark (Lugt 750a) and inscribed in pencil by him, "F21 a Shepherd Leighton, 1937 - Meatyard."
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number50.48.42
On View
Not on viewProvenanceDan Fellows Platt, Englewood, N.J., d. 1938; Mrs. Platt,1938-50; Chrysler Museum Purchase, 1950 Exhibition History"Master Drawings from the Chrysler Museum," Small Changing Gallery, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, February 26 - April 23, 1989. "Special Exhibition," Prints and Drawings Gallery, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Fall 1989. "Grand Designs: Preliminary Drawings and Oil Sketches from The Chrysler Museum", Prints and Drawings Gallery, The Chrysler Museum, April 2 - June 22, 1994. Published ReferencesEric M. Zafran. _One Hundred Drawings in the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_. Chrysler Museum. 1979. No. 61, p. 26.
