© Leighton House Museum
Portrait of Professor Giovanni Costa
Artist: Lord Frederic Leighton (1830 - 1896)
Location: Leighton House Museum
Date: 1878
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 48.5 x 39cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £17,000 (Total: £37,000)
Vendor: Through Nevill Keating Pictures Ltd
Review number: 5417 (2004)
Provenance:
Professor Giovanni Costa; then by descent; Christie's, 1997; private collector.
Description:
Half length portrait of the Italian artist Giovanni Costa (1826 - 1903). Costa was the central figure in the so-called Etruscan School of landscape painting, the principal of which was the expression of poetry and emotion. Leighton met the painter in 1853 and they developed a deep, mutual respect and friendship. Leighton did much to promote Costa's work in England. The portrait is bold and dramatic and reflects the initmacy of the relationship between the two men.
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