Archive for posts tagged with ‘Gabriel’


Dec 10 2010

Bower Meadow by Dante Gabriel Rosetti

British / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) / Pre-Raphaelite - 1 year ago - troycapc

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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.

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Oct 14 2010

A Turbaned Oriental by Gabriel Raya Morcillo, ca. 1912

Academician / Paintings (Reproductions) / Spanish - 1 year ago - troycapc

A Turbaned Oriental by Gabriel Raya Morcillo, ca. 1912

This is a reproduction of Gabriel Raya Morcillo’s “A Turbaned Oriental”.  Morcillo was a Spanish Orientalist artist born in 1888.  He died at the age of eight-five years.  This image is a wonderful depiction of male sensuality that can be found in the cultures deeply imbued with Islamic culture.  The original painting is in a private collection.

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Jul 26 2010

Venus Verticordia by Dante Gabriel Rossetti of ca. 1866

British / Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

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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