Photograph of a fresco where a man with dark hair and a beard accepts gifts from women kneeling to his right. In the left of the composition, several draped figures appear to be told to turn back and look saddened. The man is placed central under a rounded arch and several gothic arches are seen on both sides. Frame: half inch black and gold.
photographs
religions (concept)
Religion
PICTURE, RELIGIOUS
Printed beneath phtograph: ""From a Fresco in Lyndhurst Church, by Sir Frederick Leighton, P.R.A./ Photographed by T. Harvey, Lyndhurst.""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896 (Artist)
Harvey, T. (Photographer)
England; Lyndhurst, England
6.625 x 10.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.1555
. The Dictionary of Art. [No Publisher].
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