The shadow is based upon the greek myth of debutades's daughter, a corinthian girl who drew the portrait of her beloved on the wall of her bed-chamber by tracing the outline of his shadow cast by the lamp-light on the night before he departed for war. Leighton changed the setting for the drama to the battlements of a medieval castle, below which the young crusader's ships are waiting. Two other versions of the shadow are known; one is in the berman museum in anniston, alabama (formerly the collection of farley and germaine berman, purchased in these rooms, 3 may 1972, lot 140) and the other is in cardiff city hall. One of the versions was exhibited at the royal academy in 1909. Object Type: painting. Date: circa 1909. Dimensions: height: 91 cm (35.8 in); width: 61 cm (24 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Edmund Blair Leighton - The Shadow
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