Nausicaa (Leighton)

Nausicaa is an oil painting by Frederic Leighton, first exhibited in 1878.

History

Nausicaa, a full-length girlish figure, in green and white draperies, standing in a doorway, was shown at the annual exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1878 alongside three other pictures by Leighton: Winding the Skein, Serafina (another single figure), and A Study.

Description

Edgcumbe Staley describes the painting thus:

See also

• Academic art
• Nausicaa

References

Sources

• Jones, Stephen, et al. (1996). '. Royal Academy of Arts, London: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. pp. 77, 185, 186, 188.
• Rhys, Ernest (1900). '. London: George Bell & Sons. pp. 37–38, 126.
• Staley, Edgcumbe (1906). '. London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd.; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 113, 217, 220, 221.