Predominantly a painter of romantic or historic scenes, Leighton shared the symbolist obsession with the sun. ‘Sunlight can never be accessory,’ he wrote, ‘its glory is paramount’ – and it dominates this scene, dwarfing the kneeling figure in the foreground. Leighton was the first painter to be given a peerage, but died the day after its issue Leighton House Museum, London, http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2012/jul/13/symbolism-van-gogh-kandinsky-in-pictures?index=6