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Dante Rossetti
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Fan account of Dante Rossetti, an English poet, illustrator, painter, translator and founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
1828-1882
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Self-Portrait https://www.wikiart.org/en/dante-gabriel-rossetti/self-portrait-1861
Self-Portrait
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Cousturier https://www.wikiart.org/en/dante-gabriel-rossetti/cousturier-1840
Cousturier
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Beata Beatrix https://www.wikiart.org/en/dante-gabriel-rossetti/beata-beatrix-1880
Beata Beatrix
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Joan of Arc http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/rossetti-joan-of-arc-n05235
date inscribed Bequeathed by Beresford Rimington Heaton 1940
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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A Christmas Carol https://www.wikiart.org/en/dante-gabriel-rossetti/a-christmas-carol-1867
A Christmas Carol
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Study of a Man Smoking a Long Pipe http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/rossetti-study-of-a-man-smoking-a-long-pipe-a00846
Bequeathed by J.R. Holliday 1927
November 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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The Lady of Shalott (Moxon Tennyson) https://www.wikiart.org/en/dante-gabriel-rossetti/the-lady-of-shalott-moxon-tennyson-1857
The Lady of Shalott (Moxon Tennyson)
November 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Mary Magdalene at the door of Simon the Pharisee https://www.wikiart.org/en/dante-gabriel-rossetti/mary-magdalene-at-the-door-of-simon-the-pharisee-1853
Mary Magdalene at the door of Simon the Pharisee
November 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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The Day Dream https://www.wikiart.org/en/dante-gabriel-rossetti/the-day-dream-1880
The Day Dream
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Beata Beatrix http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/rossetti-beata-beatrix-n01279
Presented by Georgiana, Baroness Mount-Temple in memory of her husband, Francis, Baron Mount-Temple 1889
November 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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The Loving Cup https://www.wikiart.org/en/dante-gabriel-rossetti/the-loving-cup
The Loving Cup
November 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Miss Robertson (Mrs Fernandez) http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/rossetti-miss-robertson-mrs-fernandez-n03038
Presented by Mrs Fernandez 1915
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Self-Portrait https://www.wikiart.org/en/dante-gabriel-rossetti/self-portrait-1870
Self-Portrait
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Aurelia (Fazio’s Mistress) http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/rossetti-aurelia-fazios-mistress-n03055
date inscribed Purchased with assistance from Sir Arthur Du Cros Bt and Sir Otto Beit KCMG through the Art Fund 1916
November 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Portrait of Mrs. William J. Stillman https://www.wikiart.org/en/dante-gabriel-rossetti/portrait-of-mrs-william-j-stillman-1869
Portrait of Mrs. William J. Stillman
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Woman in Yellow http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/rossetti-woman-in-yellow-n05233
date inscribed Bequeathed by Beresford Rimington Heaton 1940
November 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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The Passover in the Holy Family Gathering Bitter Herbs https://www.wikiart.org/en/dante-gabriel-rossetti/the-passover-in-the-holy-family-gathering-bitter-herbs-1856
The Passover in the Holy Family Gathering Bitter Herbs
November 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Beata Beatrix https://www.artic.edu/artworks/16551/
Both a poet and a painter, Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a circle of Victorian artists who were united in their regard for medieval aesthetics. Named after the thirteenth-century poet Dante Alighieri, Rossetti found inspiration for Beata Beatrix in his namesake’s La vita nuova (The New Life; 1295). Rossetti’s scene draws a parallel between Dante’s love for the late Beatrice and his own affection for his recently deceased wife and muse, Elizabeth Siddal. While this picture is a tribute to Siddal, Rossetti was adamant that it does not represent her death. Rather, the work portrays her as if in a trance or altered spiritual state. Rossetti’s symbolism combines details from his personal life with those from La Vita Nuova. “The Dove” was the artist’s nickname for Siddal, and a haloed dove delivers her a white poppy, a symbol of laudanum—a derivative of opium—which caused her death by overdose. Above rises the Ponte Vecchio, the Florentine bridge that served as the setting of Dante’s poem. To the upper left is the personification of Love and to the right the figure of Dante, who doubles as a representation of Rossetti himself. The sundial shadows the number nine, the age Dante first saw Beatrice as well as the hour and day of her death. Rossetti designed the frame, and at the top right he inscribed, “How doth the city sit solitary.” This quote from La Vita Nuova refers to the city of Florence’s mourning of Beatrice. Given the deeply personal nature of the work, Rossetti initially refused his patron William Graham’s request to create a replica, although he eventually yielded. The Art Institute’s painting is this second version, which is the only one to have a predella—the painted scene at the bottom of the frame—depicting Beatrice and Dante’s reunion in paradise. With this addition, Rossetti provides the medieval love story with a happy conclusion, perhaps suggesting that he, too, had begun to come to terms with his own profound grief. Charles L. Hutchinson Collection
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Ellen Smith https://www.wikiart.org/en/dante-gabriel-rossetti/ellen-smith-1867
Ellen Smith
November 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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The Bower Meadow https://www.wikiart.org/en/dante-gabriel-rossetti/the-bower-meadow-1872
The Bower Meadow
November 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Study for the Death of Lady Macbeth https://www.wikiart.org/en/dante-gabriel-rossetti/study-for-the-death-of-lady-macbeth
Study for the Death of Lady Macbeth
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Dante`s Dream at the Time of the Death of Beatrice study https://www.wikiart.org/en/dante-gabriel-rossetti/dante-s-dream-at-the-time-of-the-death-of-beatrice-study-1870
Dante`s Dream at the Time of the Death of Beatrice study
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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The Heart of the Night (Mariana in the Moated Grange) http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/rossetti-the-heart-of-the-night-mariana-in-the-moated-grange-n03062
date inscribed Purchased with assistance from Sir Arthur Du Cros Bt and Sir Otto Beit KCMG through the Art Fund 1916
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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The First Anniversary of the Death of Beatrice https://www.wikiart.org/en/dante-gabriel-rossetti/the-first-anniversary-of-the-death-of-beatrice-1853
The First Anniversary of the Death of Beatrice
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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The loving cup https://www.wikiart.org/en/dante-gabriel-rossetti/the-loving-cup-1867
The loving cup
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM