I have a painting in my living room. You can see a digital photo of
the painting at http://choralmusic.org/unknown.jpg. Please tell me the
artist's name and the full name of the painting. Thank you so much!

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Request for Question Clarification by answerfinder-ga on 13 Nov 2003 07:56 PST

Dear erinreid-ga,
Is there any signature or mark at all? Do you know the painting's history?
Any other information would assist in the identification.
Thank you
answerfinder-ga

Dear erinreid-ga

The painting is by Lord Frederic Leighton, English, 1830?1896 and is
called Painter's Honeymoon
Dated about 1864. Oil on canvas 83.8 x 76.8 cm (33 x 30 1/4 in.)
Original is now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Copies and posters
are widely available on the internet.

Source is the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
http://128.11.41.128/artemis/fullrecord.asp?oid=34445&did=500

For background information on the artist visit the web site of the
Leighton House museum. If your in London anytime it is well worth a
visit to the artist?s house which is now the museum.
http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/LHLordLeighton/Bibliography/default.asp

Biography and other paintings
http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/leighton/
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/leighton_lord_frederic.html

I hope this answers your question. If it does not, or the answer is
unclear, then please ask for clarification of this research before
rating the answer. I shall respond to the clarification request as
soon as I receive it.
Thank you
answerfinder


Search strategy
I thought it looked like a pre-Raphaelite painting so I tried the
following search which gave me the name of the painting and artist
artist "holding hands" "pre-raphaelite"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=artist+%22holding+hands%22+%22pre-raphaelite%22&spell=1

Perfect, and timely, thank you!

Dear erinreid-ga,
Thank you for the tip. Pleased I could help.
answerfinder-ga

If you are interested in acquiring an art print of this painting, this
link may be of interest.

 http://www.respree.com/product/pages/sku/LISIMFA111