Lot Essay
This is a version of the picture that Blair Leighton exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1915 (no.687).
St. Elizabeth (1207-1231) was the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary, and married Louis, Landgrave of Thuringia. The composition shows her distributing bread to the poor during the famine of 1226.
St. Elizabeth (1207-1231) was the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary, and married Louis, Landgrave of Thuringia. The composition shows her distributing bread to the poor during the famine of 1226.