Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Portia 1886 Oil on canvas, 125.1 x 83.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice, the resourceful heroine Portia disguises herself in lawyer’s robes. Her intention is to outwit the…
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) The Return of the Dove to the Ark 1851 Oil on canvas, 88.2 x 54.9 cm Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Mariana 1851 Oil on mahogany, 59.7 x 49.5 cm Tate Britain, London When it was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1851, this picture was accompanied by the following lines from Tennyson‘s Mariana (1830): She only said,…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) St George and Princess Sabra 1862 Watercolour on paper, 52.4 x 30.8 cm Tate Britain, London This is one of a number of watercolours by Rossetti illustrating the legend of St George. Having killed the dragon, St…
Siddal, Elizabeth (1829-1862) Sir Patrick Spens 1856 Watercolour on paper, 24.1 x 22.9 cm Tate Britain, London This picture is based on an ancient Scottish ballad. The King of Scotland asks Sir Patrick Spens, the best sailor in the land, to…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Portrait of Elizabeth Siddal 1860–1861 Photograph painted over in gouache, 5.08 x 7.62 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore See also: • Siddal, Elizabeth (1829-1862)
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…
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:…
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…
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…