Tag: Dante

Paolo et Francesca (1819)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Paolo et Francesca (Paolo and Francesca) 1819 Oil on canvas, 50 x 41 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Angers Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Francesca da Rimini et Paolo Malatesta 1819 Musée Bonnat-Helleu, Bayonne     Ingres,…

L’apothéose d’Homère (1827)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Homère déifié, dit aussi L’apothéose d’Homère (Homer deified, also known as The Apotheosis of Homer) 1827 Oil on canvas, 386 x 512 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris In front of a temple with a pediment inscribed…

Giovanni Pascoli

(1855–1912) Giovanni Placido Agostino Pascoli Works: • Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) La vita italiana durante la Rivoluzione francese e l’Impero (Italian) • La mirabile visione (Italian) • Miei Pensieri di varia Umanità (Italian) • Minerva oscura (Italian) • Sotto il velame…

Jean-François Millet

(1814–1875) The artist’s works: La bergère assise 1840–1850 National Museum Wales, Cardiff Leconte de Lisle c.1840–1841 National Gallery of Art, Washington Femme nue couchée 1844–1845 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Le Repos de Diane c.1845 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles Portrait d’homme c.1845…

Beata Beatrix (c.1864-1870)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Beata Beatrix c.1864–1870 Oil on canvas, 86.4 x 66 cm Tate Britain, London Dante Gabriel Rossetti identified closely with the medieval poet Dante Alighieri. Rossetti saw his own despair at the death of his wife, the artist and…

Dantis Amor (1860)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Dantis Amor (Dante’s Love) 1860 Oil on mahogany, 74.9 x 81.3 cm Tate Britain, London «L’amor che move il sole e l’altre stelle.» (Love that moves the sun and the other stars). Dante, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145. This…

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…

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…

Dante running from the Three Beasts (1824-1827)

Blake, William (1757-1827) Dante running from the Three Beasts 1824–1827 Pen, ink and watercolour over pencil and black chalk, 37.3 × 52.8 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno I, 1-90) See also:…

Beatrice Portinari

(c.1266–1290) Beatrice “Bice” di Folco Portinari de’ Bardi Beatrice in Art: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Beata Beatrix c.1864–1870 Tate Britain, London     Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Beata Beatrix 1871–1872 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago     Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Dantis Amor 1860 Tate…