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Dec 10 2010
Bower Meadow by Dante Gabriel Rosetti
British / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) / Pre-Raphaelite - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of a work by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, “Bower Meadow” of 1872. This Pre-Raphaelite masterpiece is haunting and seductive. The models in the foreground are Maria Spartali Stillman on the left and Alexa Wilding on the right. The painting has a surrealistic quality with dancing background figures contrasted with musical figures in the foreground at rest. The painting is now displayed in the Manchester City Art Galleries in England.
Jul 26 2010
Venus Verticordia by Dante Gabriel Rossetti of ca. 1866
British / Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
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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