As both a painter and sculptor, Leighton used drawings to work from for his sculptures and roughly sculpted pieces as models for his paintings and drawings. I'll use some of those in a future series on his statues. And no, I don't know how this piece fits into all that. I just like it.
wonderful, a simple academic pose...mature, bearded, full moustache...it could be me...so natural, the model's arms seem to move and there is a hit of the left foot toes being drawn in to grip the floor to steady the pose..always a sign of a master..
ReplyDelete