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Psamathe (Leighton)

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writes, "Filmy garments, which have slipped from her shoulders on to the sand; arms folded about her knees; every detail of the picture carries out the effect of dreamy loveliness that pervades Psamathe and her surroundings."
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writes, "She appears to be gazing fixedly over the blue waves. Her thin Grecian draperies reveal her exquisite figure, as she crouches, arms over knees, in a state of dreamy loveliness."
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The Syracusan Bride leading Wild Animals in Procession to the Temple of Diana
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85 cm × 66.5 cm (33 in × 26.2 in)
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is a purely classical composition. The subject is the Greek maiden,
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Frederic Leighton
Oil on canvas
Lady Lever Art Gallery
oil painting
Frederic Leighton
The Nymph of the Dargle
Psamathe
Nereides
Aegean
Ernest Rhys
Edgcumbe Staley




Frederic Leighton, 1830–1896
Frederic Lord Leighton: An Illustrated Record of his Life and Work
Lord Leighton of Stretton
"Psamathe"
The Victorian Web
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Frederic Leighton
Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna
The Fisherman and the Syren
The Painter's Honeymoon
The Syracusan Bride leading Wild Animals in Procession to the Temple of Diana
Venus Disrobing for the Bath

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