Tag: Lord Leighton
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Frederic, Lord Leighton, The Fisherman and the Syren 01 Paintings and tales of Mermaids, with Footnotes, 5b
Frederic, Lord Leighton, 1830–1896 The Fisherman and the Syren, c. 1856–1858 Oil on canvas 66.3 × 48.7 cm (26.1 × 19.2 in) Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery Inspired by a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, THE FISHERMAN This early work both illustrated and was inspired by a poem by Goethe, which tells the story of…
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03 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 13
George Frederick Watts, 1817 – 1904 UNDINE Oil on panel 24 1/4 by 23 3/4 in., 61.6 by 60.3 cm Private collection Undine is a fairy-tale novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué in which Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight named Huldebrand in order to gain a soul. It is an early German romance, which has…
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