God Speed
ArtistEdmund Leighton
Year1900
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions160 cm × 116 cm (63 in × 46 in)
LocationPrivate collection

God Speed is a painting by British artist Edmund Leighton, depicting an armored knight departing to war and leaving his beloved. The painting was exhibited in the Royal Academy of Arts in 1900.[1] God Speed was the first of several paintings by Leighton in the 1900s on the subject of chivalry, including The Accolade (1901) and The Dedication (1908).

Composition

A woman ties a red sash around a knight's arm[2] bidding farewell before battle.

When the painting was ready for transportation to the Royal Academy, Leighton made a last-moment change in the studio.[3] He scraped out the work of a week and within two hours made his desired change.[3]

Provenance

After being bought from Leighton, the painting was owned by several people and in 1988 appeared at Christie's.[1] It was then housed in an American private collection and in 2000 was again submitted to Christie's.[1] In 2007 the painting appeared at Sotheby's and then in a British private collection.[1] On 10 May 2012 God Speed was sold again for £481,250 to a private collector through Sotheby's in London.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Lot 26". Sotheby's. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "leighton | 19th century european paintings". Sotheby's. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 Rudolph De Cordova. "The Art of Mr. E. Blair Leighton". ArtMagick. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
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