Beata Beatrix  1872

Both a poet and a painter, Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a circle of Victorian artists who were united in their regard for medieval aesthetics. Named after the thirteenth-century poet Dante Alighieri, Rossetti found inspiration for [i]Beata Beatrix[/i] in his namesake’s [i]La vita nuova[/i] ([i]The New Life[/i]; 1295). Rossetti’s s...