The Blue Bower (1865) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. This painting is yet another of Rossetti’s works that depicts a woman playing music. It is also Rossetti’s last major portrait of Fanny Cornforth. I find Rossetti’s detail in the blue and white tile background impressive. It is also reminiscent of the blue and white china that [...]
The Bower Meadow, painted by Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1872. Featured in the foreground are Maria Spartali Stillman (left) and Alexa Wilding(right). I’m not sure about the women in the background. Musical instruments, such as the ones seen here, seem to figure prominently in many of Rossetti’s works Veronica Veronese, The Sea-Spell, La Ghirlandata to [...]
La Ghirlandata: This is one of my favorite Rossetti paintings. The colors are so vivid, the green contrasting with that gorgeous red hair creates an intense effect. The main model in this piece is Alexa Wilding, whom Rossetti used frequently. The angels were modeled by May, the ten year old daughter of Jane and William [...]
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