Figure Studies
The Music Lesson
Frederic Leighton
A tender and luminous Victorian masterpiece depicting a musical moment between a mother and child in an ornate architectural setting.
Figure Studies
Expressive figure-led works that feel classical, intimate, and human.
Anonymous sitters, allegorical bodies, and painterly figure scenes bring warmth, movement, and a collected studio feel.
Contains nudity
Figure Studies
Rome as Ruler of the World
Nicolai Abildgaard
An 18th-century Neoclassical allegory depicting Rome as a triumphant sovereign amidst the ruins of antiquity.