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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1828-1882


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Born in London, he studied at the Royal Academy in London and helped form the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood whose aims were to return to pre-Renaissance art forms with their vivid color and detail


Related Artists include: Fra Angelico, BOTTICELLI, Edward BURNE-JONES, Hunt, Sir John Everett MILLAIS, Gustave MOREAU/


Notable works include:
Proserpine 1882 - Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery


Unfortunately this ARTIST's page is on hold at present
as we can no longer source examples of his art*



Prosperine
1874
oil on canvas
the original is in the
TATE Gallery
Jane Morris posed for this painting
 Prosperine was the wife of a powerful god. She holds a pomegranate which indicates fertility.

 
 

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