Category: Art

Lady Lilith (1867)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Lady Lilith 1867 Watercolor and gouache, 51.3 x 44 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Fascinated by women’s physical allure, Rossetti here imagines a legendary femme fatale as a self-absorbed nineteenth-century beauty who combs her hair…

Bocca Baciata (1859)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Bocca Baciata (Lips That Have Been Kissed) 1859 Oil on panel, 32.1 x 27 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Fanny Cornforth (1835-1909), born Sarah Cox in Sussex, England, modelled frequently for Rossetti, becoming not only his…

Fanny Cornforth

(1835–1909) Fanny Cornforth, born Sarah Cox Photograph by W. & D. Downey, Newcastle, 1863. Fanny Cornforth in 1907. Fanny Cornforth in Art: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Bocca Baciata 1859 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston     Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Fair Rosamund…

Jane Morris

(1839–1914) Jane Morris, née Burden Jane Morris in Art: Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi 1861 Tate Britain, London     De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) The Hourglass 1904–1905 De Morgan Collection     Morris, William (1834-1896) La Belle Iseult…

Proserpine (1882)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Proserpine (Proserpina) 1882 Oil on canvas, 78.7 cm × 39.2 cm Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham Compare: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Proserpine 1874 Tate Britain, London     Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Proserpine 1878 Private collection     See also:…

Proserpine (1878)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Proserpine (Proserpina) 1878 Pencil and watercolor on paper mounted on a wood, 77.5 cm × 37.5 cm Private collection Compare: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Proserpine 1874 Tate Britain, London     Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Proserpine 1882…

Proserpine (1874)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Proserpine (Proserpina) 1874 Oil on canvas, 125.1 cm × 61 cm Tate Britain, London Rossetti explained the subject of Proserpine in a letter to W.A. Turner, who bought a version of the picture in 1877: The figure…

Ecce Ancilla Domini (1849-1850)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Ecce Ancilla Domini (The Annunciation) 1849–1850 Oil on canvas, 72.4 × 41.9 cm Tate Britain, London Inspired by the work of early Renaissance artists such as Botticelli (1445-1510) and Fra Angelico (1387-1455), Rossetti sought in this work…

Self-Portrait (1847)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Self-Portrait 1847 Pencil and white chalk on paper, 20.7 × 16.8 cm National Portrait Gallery, London

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

(1828–1882) Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti The artist’s works: Self-Portrait 1847 National Portrait Gallery, London Ecce Ancilla Domini 1849–1850 Tate Britain, London Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Private collection Study for Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Tate Britain, London Paolo…