File:Frederic Leighton - The Return of Persephone (1891) (cropped).jpg
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Frederic Leighton: The Return of Persephone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | mythological painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | circa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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height: 203 cm (79.9 in) ; width: 152 cm (59.8 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+203U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,+152U174728 |
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institution QS:P195,Q6515835
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LEEAG.PA.1891.0001 (Leeds Art Gallery) |
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English: Leighton depicts Hermes helping Persephone to return to her mother Demeter after Zeus forced Hades to return Persepone. |
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- Mythological paintings by Frederic Leighton
- Dorothy Dene
- 1890s mythological paintings
- 1891 oil on canvas paintings
- 1891 paintings of people
- 19th-century paintings of Ceres (Demeter)
- 19th-century paintings of Mercurius (Hermes)
- Persephone in post-antique art
- Paintings of Persephone
- Mythological paintings in Leeds City Art Gallery
- Paintings of barefoot women