Frederic Leighton · c. 1884

Cymon and Iphigenia

Name: Cymon and Iphigenia by Frederic Leighton
Brand: Chromora
SKU: leighton-cymon-and-iphigenia
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Iphigenia asleep in a saffron gown beneath a tree at sunset, her attendants slumped around her as the shepherd Cymon gazes at her in wonder — Leighton's 1884 scene from Boccaccio's Decameron. Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Up to 24.3 × 12 in · landscape

Size

Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.

Format & finish

Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.

Scale next to a 5'10" person

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Materials & quality

›Canvas & inks

Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.

›Floater frame

Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.

›Posters

Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.

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Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.

About this painting

The story of Cymon and Iphigenia

The painting is undated but was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1884. It is based on a tale in Boccaccio's Decameron. Leighton is said to have searched for six months for the right model for Iphigenia before choosing the actress Dorothy Dene, whose younger sister Lena appears as the child slave. The painting took eight months to complete after some 56 preparatory drawings. It measures 163 by 328 cm, and the Art Gallery of New South Wales bought it at Christie's in London in 1976.

Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the artist

Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton,, known as Sir Frederic Leighton between 1878 and 1896, was a British Victorian painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical, and classical subject matter in an academic style. His paintings were enormously popular and expensive, during his lifetime, but fell out of critical favour for many decades in the early 20th century.

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Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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