Kate Hatcher

Frederic Leighton’s Cimabue’s Celebrated Madonna: A Renaissance for Victorian Britain

Frederic Leighton, Cimabue’s Celebrated Madonna, 1853-5, oil on canvas, 87 x 205 in, National Gallery, London.

Frederic Leighton, Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna

Master’s Capstone Project submitted to the Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences of American University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Arts in Art History. Chair: Dr. Juliet Bellow; Reader: Dr. Joanne Allen, American University, Washington, D.C.

I would like to sincerely thank Dr. Juliet Bellow and Dr. Joanne Allen for their continued support, patience, and guidance throughout this process, and throughout my time at American University.