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Portrait of Carlo Eduardo Perugini (1839 - 1918)

Lord Frederic Leighton, 1855

Leighton met Perugini in Rome in 1854 and they struck up a friendship. Perugini family legend suggests that the portrait was inspired by a fancy-dress ball that the two men attended together. Perugini is depicted in the costume of an Elizabethan gentleman with ruff but none of the jewellery that was popular during that period. Leighton wanted to express greater naturalism in his work and considered this portrait to be a wonderful example of this period of his artistic development.

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Title of artwork, date

Portrait of Carlo Eduardo Perugini (1839 - 1918), 1855

Date supported

2006

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

35.5 x 30 cm

Grant

35000

Total cost

48000

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