Historical genre painter Edmund Leighton was the son of portraitist Charles Blair Leighton. The technically skilled Leighton produced Medieval and other period scenes for a middle-class audience. Here a fair maid wishes a knight “Godspeed” as he heads off to battle against the invading army of Louis VIII of France, in a realistic and evocative painting of chaste love and chivalry. This romantic Mixed-Media tableau is perfect for Interiors Designers in search of Fine Art.