Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Paolo and Francesca da Rimini 1855 Watercolour on paper, 25.4 cm x 44.9 cm Tate Britain, London The tragic story of the adulterous lovers, Paolo and Francesca, is recounted in Canto V of Dante‘s Inferno, and was a…
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Paolo and Francesca da Rimini 1867 Watercolour and gouache on paper, 43.7 cm x 36.1 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Compare: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Paolo and Francesca da Rimini 1855 Tate Britain, London See also:…
(c.1246–1285) Paolo Malatesta, called “il Bello” (the Beautiful) Count of Ghiaggiolo (1269–1285) Paolo Malatesta in Literature: • Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321): Divina Commedia (Italian) Paolo Malatesta in Art: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Paolo et Francesca 1814 Musée Condé, Chantilly Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Francesca…
(c.1255–1285) Francesca da Polenta Francesca da Rimini in Literature: • Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321): Divina Commedia (Italian) Francesca da Rimini in Art: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Paolo et Francesca 1814 Musée Condé, Chantilly Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Francesca da Rimini et Paolo…
(1829–1896) Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, RA The artist’s works: Aeneas Shown the Body of Pallas 1843 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Charles I and his Son in the Studio of Van Dyck 1849 Tate Britain, London Sketch for The Woodman’s…
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…
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…
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…
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)
(1829–1862) Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall, Lizzie The artist’s works: Lady Affixing Pennant to a Knight’s Spear c.1856 Tate Britain, London Sir Patrick Spens 1856 Tate Britain, London King Arthur’s Death c.1859–1862 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Lizzie in Art: Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Ophelia 1851–1852…