Dante Gabriel Rossetti
(1828–1882, English)
"The idea is that of a Siren, or Sea-Fairy, whose lute summons a sea-bird to listen, and whose song will soon prove fatal to some fascinated mariner".
"Behold the handmaiden of the Lord"
The Annunciation: Mary accepts the message brought to her by the Angel Gabriel that she would give birth to a child (Jesus) by God.
Rossetti founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais
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- Rossetti
- oil on canvas (159 x 93 cm) 1880
- Victoria and Albert Museum (London)
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The Women's Window
- D.G. Rossetti
- oil on canvas (101 x 74 cm) 1879
- Fogg Museum of Harvard (Cambridge)
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- Rossetti
- oil on canvas (112 x 93 cm) 1875-77
- Fogg Museum of Harvard (Cambridge)
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- Rossetti
- oil on canvas (73 × 42 cm) 1850
- Tate Britain (London)
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The Annunciation: Mary accepts the message brought to her by the Angel Gabriel that she would give birth to a child (Jesus) by God.
Rossetti founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais
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Ophelia
- John Everett Millais (1829–1896, British)
- oil on canvas (76 x 112 cm) 1851
- Tate Britain (London)
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EXTRA:
if poetry is also your cup of tea.
Source: Wikipedia




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