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The people behind the art
1828 to 1882
Dante Gabriel Rossetti was an English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator (1828-1882). Their work is associated with Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood; Symbolism. Their recorded places of work include London.
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Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Beata Beatrix shows Beatrice Portinari, the beloved of the poet Dante Alighieri, suspended in a death-like trance. This docent-led visit reads the painting's central figure, its symbolic bird and poppy, and the Pre-Raphaelite context in which Tate places the work.
Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
A short docent-led account of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Ecce Ancilla Domini, an Annunciation whose Latin title comes from the Virgin Mary's response to the angel Gabriel. The supplied record establishes the artist, title, date and subject, and it leaves essential catalogue information, including present collection, dimensions and execution medium, undocumented here. This article keeps those limits visible.
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