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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 Compare: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Beata Beatrix 1871–1872 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago     See also: • Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321) | Portinari, Beatrice (c.1266-1290) | Siddal, Elizabeth (1829-1862)

The Holy Grail (1874)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) The Holy Grail (The Damsel of the Sanct Grael) 1874 Oil on canvas, 92 x 57.7 cm Private collection See also: • Cornforth, Fanny (1835-1909)

Venere, Adone e Cupido (c.1590)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Venere, Adone e Cupido (Venus, Adonis and Cupid) c.1590 Oil on canvas, 212 x 268 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Venus, the Roman goddess of Love and Beauty, is accidentally wounded by one of her son Cupid’s arrows,…

Incoronazione della Vergine (after 1595)

Carracci, Annibale (1560-1609) Incoronazione della Vergine (The Coronation of the Virgin) after 1595 Oil on canvas, 117.8 x 141.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This majestic picture—a window onto heaven—was painted for Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini (1571–1621) following the artist’s…

The Wings of the Dove (1997)

Director: Iain Softley Producer: Stephen Evans, David Parfitt Screenplay: Hossein Amini Based on: The Wings of the Dove by Henry James Genre: Drama | Romantic Music: Edward Shearmur Country: United Kingdom | United States Language: English Studio: Miramax Release date: 1997…

La Anunciación (c.1576)

El Greco (1541-1614) La Anunciación (The Annunciation) c.1576 Oil on canvas, 117 x 98 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid In the course of his life, EI Greco painted numerous versions of the Annunciation, thus allowing his stylistic development to be traced through…