since about Victorian times (roughly 1837 on)+ photographs
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Frederic Lord Leighton
[Pavonia] 1859
oil on canvas
the model was "La Nanna", Nanna Risi, later the mistress of the German painter Anselm Fuerbach. This painting seems to have a number of names. Pavonia was a reference to the Peacock fan. Exhibited (and well received) at the RA.
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