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Tag Archives: Pre-Raphaelite artist
Eve Tempted by the ‘Painter of Dreams’
“Eve Tempted” by John Stanhope (Manchester Art Gallery). Born on 20th January, 1829, in Yorkshire, English pre-Raphaelite artist John Roddam Spencer Stanhope was associated with fellow pre-Raphaelites, Edward Burne-Jones and George Frederic Watts. Stanhope traveled with Watts to Italy in … Continue reading
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Tagged Eve Tempted, John Stanhope, Pre-Raphaelite artist
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Blessed Beatrice be thy name
Beata Beatrix (Engl. trans. ‘Blessed Beatrice‘, 1870) is an oil on canvas painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti. It depicts Beatrice Portinari from Dante Alighieri’s poem La Vita Nuova at the moment of her death. La Vita Nuova had been … Continue reading
