Venus Verticordia by Dante Gabriel Rossetti of ca. 1866

A reproduction of a work by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, “Venus Verticordia”.  This Pre-Raphaelite masterpiece of about 1866 is haunting and seductive.  The artist composed a poem for the work which is quoted below.  It is now displayed in the Rossetti Cotes Art Gallery and Museum in Bournemouth, England.

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