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. 454 mm x 197 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited.
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Study of a standing female nude, probably for 'Venus and Cupid', probably by ca. 1856
Lord Leighton PRA (1830 - 1896)
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454 mm x 197 mm
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