Stitching the Standard  1911

by Edmund Blair Leighton

Oil on Canvas
The painting depicts a nameless damsel on the battlements of a medieval castle making the finishing touches to a standard or pennant with a black eagle on a gold background. In a time of peace the woman has taken her needlework into the daylight away from the bustle of the castle.
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  1. This artwork is very attractive. I liked it from the first sight. It gives me a very strange feeling of tomb of the mask.