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Lot description
British, 1830-1896 Study for the Head of an Angel Black and white chalk on blue-gray paper 17 1/2 x 11 3/8 inches (44.5 x 29 cm) Frame 16 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches (41.2 x 59 cm) Provenance: J. S. Maas & Co, Ltd., London J. X. Reynolds & Co, Ltd., London Exhibited: J. S. Maas & Co., Ltd., London, "Exhibition of Drawings by Lord Leighton and Evelyn de Morgan," 1972 This sensitive drawing of a head has been identified as a study for the angel standing to the right of the figure of Christ in Lord Lelghton's great fresco of The Wise and Foolish Virgins at St. Michael and All Angels church in Lyndhurst, Hampshire. The painting, executed beneath the church's east window in 1863, depicts the parable described in Matthew 25:1-13. The sheet attached to the mat from the back with masking tape on each side. Matstainting on the back and around the edges.
