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Flaming June
is a painting by
Sir Frederic Leighton
created in 1895. Painted with
oil paints
on a 47-by-47-inch (1,200 mm × 1,200 mm) square canvas, it is considered to be Leighton's
magnum opus
, showing his
classicist
nature. It has been interpreted as alluding to the figures of sleeping
nymphs
and
naiads
, with the toxic
oleander
branch in the top right symbolizing the fragile link between sleep and death. The painting is held by the
Museo de Arte de Ponce
in
Ponce, Puerto Rico
.
Painting:
Frederic Leighton
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