The Return of Persephone
Frederic, Lord Leighton
ca. 1890–91
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
10 5/16 × 7 7/8 in. (26.2 × 20 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of James David Draper, from the Robert Isaacson Collection, 2019
Accession Number
2021.10.1
Tags
DemeterHermesPersephoneMythology
About the Artist
Frederic, Lord Leighton · 1830–1896
Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton (1830–1896), was born on 3 December 1830 in Scarborough, England, to a prosperous medical family. His father, Dr. Frederic Septimus Leighton, and mother, Augusta Susan, provided him with financial security throughout his life, while his grandfather, Sir James Boniface Leighton, had served as physician to Russian tsars Alexander I and Nicholas I. After early ed...