The Return of Persephone

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Artist: Frederic, Lord Leighton (British, Scarborough 1830–1896 London)
Date: ca. 1890–91
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 10 5/16 × 7 7/8 in. (26.2 × 20 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: Bequest of James David Draper, from the Robert Isaacson Collection, 2019
Accession no.: 2021.10.1

Allegorical Female Figure with Lion, Lamb, Two Putti
Baron Frederic Leighton
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003717
Lady with Vase
Baron Frederic Leighton
1865 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003722
David: "Oh, that I had wings like a Dove! For then would I fly away, and be at rest." Psalm 55:6
Baron Frederic Leighton
1865 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00009239
Lucia
Baron Frederic Leighton
possibly late 1870s · Painting
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00015262

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.