Lord Frederic Leighton
1830–1896 · Realism & Academic
Biography
Leighton’s artistic career began impressively: he was only 25 when in 1855 Queen Victoria — on the advice of her art-loving husband, Albert — bought his first work, Cimabue’s Celebrated Madonna Is Carried in Procession through the Streets of Florence (pictured). The Queen paid £600 for the painting.
From the page of Flaming June
