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Description
God Speed is a painting by British artist Edmund Leighton, depicting an armored knight departing to war and leaving his beloved. The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1900. God Speed was the first of several paintings by Leighton during the 1900s on the subject of chivalry, including The Accolade (1901) and The Dedication (1908).
Composition
A woman ties a red sash around a knight’s arm, bidding farewell before battle. When the painting was ready for transportation to the Royal Academy, Leighton made a last-moment change in the studio. He scraped out the work of a week and within two hours made his desired change.
Provenance
In 2007, the painting appeared at Sotheby’s and then in a British private collection. On 10 May 2012, God Speed was sold again through Sotheby’s in London to a private collector for £481,250.