Frederic, Lord LeightonBritish, 1830–1896The Villa Malta, Rome
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “The Villa Malta, Rome” now? Collection: The National Gallery, London. Unknown.
London, United Kingdom
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- L851
In the catalog
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image: The National Gallery — Frederic Leighton · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
In the life of Frederic, Lord Leighton
The whole life1863
Illustrates George Eliot’s novel “Romola”
Leighton made the illustrations for George Eliot’s novel Romola, published in 1863.
1864
Elected an Associate of the Royal Academy
By the early 1860s Leighton was earning some £4,000 a year, and in 1864 he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy; he became a full Academician in 1868.
1864
A mansion with a studio on Holland Park Road
By 1864 a luxurious mansion with a studio had been built for Leighton in Kensington, on Holland Park Road. Its centrepiece is the Arab Hall; it held his collection of Iznik tiles and paintings by Old Masters and contemporaries, and it is now the Leighton House museum.
