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Description: | Signed: yes Description: We only know the surname of the artist responsible for this copy, but we know far more about the artist whose portrait has been imitated. Frederick, Lord Leighton (1830-1896) was born in Scarborough, and became one of the most prominent Victorian artists. The impressive self-portrait copied by Fossi shows Leighton as a supremely cultured man. While his bearing and his under garments are obviously Victorian, the ancient' sculpture behind him and the toga-esque folds of the drapery which wrap around his body hark back to classical tradition. His artistic lineage is shown as long and distinguished. | Subjects: | portrait (Leighton Lord Frederic) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Fossi (Italian(?) school, active late 19th century) Æ Attributed to after Leighton, Frederic, 1st Baron Leighton of Stretton (British painter and sculptor, 1830-1896) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8457... | Go to resource |
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