Saturday, September 5, 2009

Frederic Lord Leighton - Old Damascus : Jews' Quarters


c. 1873-4
oil on canvas
53 x 42.5"
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Leighton travelled to Damascus in autumn 1873. He explored the city and sketched some of the houses. The girls are picking Lemons. This painting sold for £350,000 in London in 1983 and again in 1993 when it made £400,000.

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