Dante Gabriel Rossetti painted La Pia de Tolomei at the beginning of his affair with Jane Morris, the wife of his friend William Morris. In…
Of Adam’s first wife, Lilith, it is told (The witch he loved before the gift of Eve,) That, ere the snake’s, her sweet tongue could…
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.…
Dante Gabriel Rossetti painted Beata Beatrix as a tribute after the death of his wife Elizabeth Siddal. DGR had always idolized Dante, the author of…
Ophelia is a captivating character, one that inspired many of the Pre-Raphaelites and other Victorian artists. For those unfamiliar with Ophelia, she is Hamlet’s innocent …
I’m enjoying the conversation at The Beautiful Necessity about Rossetti’s The Merciless Lady. Come join in!
I’ve just added a fascinating image to LizzieSiddal.com: Lizzie and Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s Marriage Certificate!
I have just posted an article at lizziesiddal.com that was sent to me from author Jack Challem. It is a fabulous insight into the personalities…
Genius in Beauty by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Painting shown is Regina Cordium, painted by Rossetti in 1866 using Alexa Wilding as a model.) Beauty like…
Written by Dante Gabriel Rossetti to Elizabeth Siddal A VALENTINE Yesterday was St. Valentine. Thought you at all, dear dove divine, Upon the beard in…
For this week’s poem, I have chosen Rossetti’s Sibylla Palmifera. I usually include external links at the end of posts, but I don’t want this…
Dante Gabriel Rossetti originally painted Lilith using Fanny Cornforth as a model when he began painting it in 1864. For some reason, in 1868, he…
In 1857, Rossetti and a small group of artists that included William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones were working in Oxford, painting the Union Murals. One…
Helen’s beautiful face was said to have launched a thousand ships. She was the…
Elizabeth Siddal was Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s artistic and spiritual muse, playing Beatrice to his Dante. But Fanny Cornforth, pictured here in Rossetti’s Bocca Baciata, was…
The Blessed Damozel, Dante Gabriel Rossetti The blessed damozel leaned out From the gold bar of Heaven; Her eyes were deeper than the depth Of…
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…
I’d embed the video, but for some reason it’s messing up my layout: From my favorite youtube user vidlad, see Christina Rossetti’s “From the Antique”…
Just as Rossetti did with Elizabeth Siddal, he painted Jane Morris obsessively. It may seem fitting that he posed Jane in the classic myth of…
