The story
It began as a narrow panel Leighton painted for the hall of Lawrence Alma-Tadema's house. Enlarged for the Royal Academy in 1890, it was probably the most reproduced of all his works in his lifetime.
It began as a narrow panel Leighton painted for the hall of Lawrence Alma-Tadema's house. Enlarged for the Royal Academy in 1890, it was probably the most reproduced of all his works in his lifetime.

























