The Shadow | Edmund Leighton | c. 1900 Frame Options:Framed Canvas characteristic of Klimt's unique style

characteristic of Klimt's unique style

The composition is characterized by soft

Pukirev included himself in the painting as one of the somber onlookers

Painted in the 17th century

His faint smile and ambiguous expression echo the famous sfumato technique Leonardo mastered

The Shadow | Edmund Leighton | c. 1900 Frame Options:Framed Canvas characteristic of Klimt's unique styleAbout the artwork: In this evocative work, Leighton adapts the legend of the Corinthian girl, Debutades, who traced the silhouette of her departing beloveds shadow on a wall as a lasting token of his image. Transposed to the battlements of a medieval castle, the painting captures a knight poised for departure, his figure stately and motionless, while his beloved, her flowing gown and hair gently illuminated by warm light, draws the outline of his