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Lord
Frederic
Leighton's
most
sensual
painting
depicts
the
fatal
seduction
of a
fisherman
by a
deadly
siren.
As a
boy
living
for
a time
in Germany,
Leighton
became
familiar
with
the
writing
of Goethe,
one
of whose
poems
inspired
this
work.
The
mythical
sirens
were
a favorite
subject
of Victorian
painters.
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