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ROSSETTI Dante Gabriel The loving cup 1867

ROSSETTI Dante Gabriel The loving cup 1867
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Oil on panel, 660 mm (25.98 in). x: 457 mm (17.99 in). National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
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WATERHOUSE John William Portrait of Claire Kenworthy 19th century

WATERHOUSE John William Portrait of Claire Kenworthy 19th century460 × 599 pixels
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Oil on canvas, 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.5 cm.) private collection

Claire Kenworthy was the artist's niece by marriage.

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WATERHOUSE John William Gather ye rosebuds while ye may 1909

WATERHOUSE John William Gather ye rosebuds while ye may 1909493 × 599 pixels
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Oil on canvas, 100 × 83 cm (39.37 × 32.68 in), private collection

Inspired by the 17th century poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" by Robert Herrick.

"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying."

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WATERHOUSE John William Saint Cecilia (detail) 1895

WATERHOUSE John William Saint Cecilia (detail) 1895

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John William Waterhouse, English, 1849 - 1917. Pre-Raphaelite
Oil on canvas, private collection

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ROSSETTI Dante Gabriel Monna Vanna 1866


ROSSETTI Dante Gabriel Monna Vanna 1866  
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Oil on canvas. 88.9 x 86.4 cm. Tate, London.

Monna Vanna is an unfinished opera by Sergei Rachmaninoff after a play by Maurice Maeterlinck.


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HUNT William Holman The Scapegoat 1854

HUNT William Holman The Scapegoat 1854
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Le Bouc émissaire. Oil on canvas, 87 cm x 139.8 cm (34 1/4 x 55 in.). Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool.


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HUNT William Holman Portrait of Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1882-83

HUNT William Holman Portrait of Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1882-83449 × 600 pixels
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Replica of a drawing made in 1853. Oil on panel. 30.2 x 22.9 cm. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, England.


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HUNT William Holman Amaryllis 1884

HUNT William Holman Amaryllis 1884470 × 600 pixels
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William Holman Hunt, English, 1827-1910. Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Also known as The Shepherdess. Oil painting.


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GODWARD John William In Realms of Fancy 1911

GODWARD John William In Realms of Fancy 1911607 × 599 pixels
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Oil on canvas, 15 1/4 × 15 1/4 inches (39 × 39 cm), private collection

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GODWARD John William A Souvenir 1920

GODWARD John William  A Souvenir 1920  
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Oil on canvas, 35 × 47 1/8 inches (89 × 120 cm)
Private collection


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ROSSETTI Dante Gabriel Fair Rosamund 1861

ROSSETTI Dante Gabriel Fair Rosamund 1861 484 × 600 pixels
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Oil on canvas, 52.1 x 41.9 cm, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK

‘Fair Rosamund’ is the historical Rosamond Clifford, mistress of King Henry II. According to an old English ballad she was kept in a house, set in a maze, where only the King could find her, following the special silk cord. Queen Eleanor, Henry’s wife, eventually traced her there, and had her murdered. (Olga's gallery)

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ROSSETTI Dante Gabriel Beata Beatrix 1864-1870

ROSSETTI Dante Gabriel Beata Beatrix 1864-1870468 × 599 pixels
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Oil on canvas, 69.3 x 87.5 cm (27.28" x 34.45") Tate Gallery, London, UK.

Beata Beatrix is a portrait of Rossetti’s dead wife, Elizabeth Siddal. Once again the subject comes from Dante’s Vita Nuova, and shows the mystical translation of Beatrice from earth to heaven. On the right stands Dante, staring across to the Angel of Love. Beatrice sits beside a sundial on which the shadow falls on nine, the hour of her death on 9 June 1290. A red bird, the messenger of death, drops a poppy, the symbol of sleep, into her folded hands. (Olga's Gallery)

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WATTS George Frederic Portrait of Dante Gabriel Rossetti c.1871

WATTS George Frederic Portrait of Dante Gabriel Rossetti c.1871486 × 599 pixels
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Oil on canvas, 26 in. x 21 1/8 in. (661 mm x 535 mm), National Portrait Gallery, London

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BURNE-Jones, Edward Philip Comyns Carr 1882

BURNE-Jones, Edward Philip Comyns Carr 1882395 × 599 pixels
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Oil on canvas, 71 x 48,5 cm, private collection

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BURNE-Jones Edward Flamma Vestalis 1896

BURNE-Jones Edward Flamma Vestalis 1896385 × 600 pixels
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Oil on canvas, 65 x 43 cm, Private collection

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TURNER William Alnwick Castle, ca. 1829

TURNER Joseph Mallord William Alnwick Castle, ca. 1829800 × 542 pixels
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Watercolor on paper, 28.2 x 42.2 cm (11 1/16 x 16 9/16 in.) Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.

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TURNER William East Gate Winchelsea 1819

TURNER William East Gate Winchelsea 1819
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Etching, 17.5 × 25.9 cm (6.89 × 10.20 in), Museu Nacional de Belas Artes (MNBA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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TURNER William Fire in Constantinople

TURNER William Fire in Constantinople 800 × 575 pixels
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Joseph Mallord William Turner, English, 1775 - 1851
Oil painting, first quarter of the 19th century, Palais des Beaux Arts, Lille


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