Flaming June
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Flaming June is a painting by Sir Frederic Leighton, produced in 1895. Painted with oil paints on a 47-by-47-inch square canvas, it depicts a sleeping woman in a sensuous version of his classicist Aca
Flaming June, by Frederic Lord Leighton
Leighton's study for Flaming June
Dorothy Dene in the 1880s
Sagrestia Nuova
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The Sagrestia Nuova, also known as the New Sacristy and the Medici Chapel, is a mausoleum that stands as a testament to the grandeur and artistic vision of the Medici family. Constructed in 1520, the
Flaming June
…even though she is sleeping. According to art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon "her pose is loosely modelled on that of Michelangelo's famous statue of Night, in the Medici Tombs in Florence, which Leighton regarded as one of the supreme achievements of Western art." The position of the sleeping woman gave…
Albumen print by Giacomo Brogi (c. 1870s) from a travel album
Exterior view
River God, Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, Florence
The lantern