| The Daphnephoria | |
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| Artist | Frederic Leighton |
| Year | 1876 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 226 cm× 518 cm(89 in× 204 in) |
| Location | Lady Lever Art Gallery |
| Accession | LL 3632 |
The Daphnephoria is an oil painting by Frederic Leighton, first exhibited in 1876.
The Daphenphoria was a triumphal procession held every ninth year at Thebes in honour of Apollo, to whom the laurel was sacred, and to commemorate also a victory of the Thebans over the Aeolians of Arne. [1] [2]
In the Academy exhibition of 1876, with The Daphnephoria, Leighton once more chose a classic theme, for a painting which, by its composition, reminded the critics and lovers of art of the artist's early success with the Cimabue's Madonna , and of his other large processional picture, the Syracusan Bride . [3] The work was painted for Stewart Hodgson. He paid £1,500 for it, and Leighton gave him all the studies he made for it. [4] It was later acquired by Lord Leverhulme, and was transferred from his private collection to the Lady Lever Art Gallery in 1922.
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Much was said for and also against the artist and his art. [5] The Art Journal , however, was favourable. [6] Later Victorian assessments were generally positive, and Sir W. B. Richmond was even enthusiastic. [7] Edgcumbe Staley considered this to be Leighton's "great masterpiece". [8]
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Attribution:
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : Staley, Edgcumbe (1906). Lord Leighton of Stretton . London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd.; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 71, 98–106, 121, 230, 254.