At the age of eleven, in 1841, Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, was taught painting in Rome and then studied first at the Academy of Berlin, from 1844 in Florence under Giuseppe Bezzuoli (1784 - 1855) and then under Eduard Jakob von Steinle (1810 - 1886) at the Städelsches Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt am Main. The Nazarenes and the painters of the Italian Renaissance had a particularly strong influence on the young Frederic Leighton, one of whom inspired Leighton to paint his first two large paintings: Giotto, Found Among the Sheep by Cimabue (1847) and Cimabue's Madonna Carried in Procession (1852 - 1855). The latter was sent by Leighton to the Royal Academy after its completion and was also his breakthrough as an artist.
Before his return to Rome in 1858 Leighton lived in Paris. During his time in Rome he made four portraits of the Italian model Anna Risi, later lover and muse of Anselm Feuerbach (1829 - 1880). In 1859 Leighton returned to London, where three of Anna Risi's portraits were exhibited at the Royal Academy: Pavonia, An Italian Lady and A Roman Lady. Although Leighton did not consider himself a member of the Pre-Raphaelites, his works were obviously influenced by the group of artists after his return to London.
Leighton rose rapidly within the Royal Academy: in 1866 he was only an associate, in 1869 a member and as early as 1878 president, a task he took extremely seriously.
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.jpg "The Bath of Psyche by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "Knucklebones, 1867 by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Young Girl, Head and Shoulders by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "Ruined Mosque, Broussai, 1867 by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "The Last Watch of Hero by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "Cymon and Iphigenia by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "Head of an Italian Girl by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "The Death of Leander, predella panel of The Last Watch of Hero by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "David: \"Oh, that I had wings like a Dove! For then would I fly away, and be at rest.\" Psalm 55:6 by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Young Lady, Small Bust Length, Wearing a White Dress by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "Pavonia (detail) by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "Mrs. James Guthrie by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "View of Sir Richard and Lady Burton")
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.jpg "And the Sea Gave Up the Dead Which Were in It by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "A Noble Lady of Venice by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "The Villa Malta, Rome by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "Captive Andromache by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "And the Sea Gave Up the Dead Which Were In It by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "David: \"Oh, that I had wings like a Dove! For then would I fly away, and be at rest.\" Psalm 55:6 by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "Study for the Painting Sybil by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "Jezebel and Ahab Met by Elijah, c.1862-3 by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "The Last Watch of Hero by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "Elijah in the Wilderness by Frederic Leighton")
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.jpg "Perseus and Andromeda by Frederic Leighton")
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