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Who painted it?
Who painted “Venus Verticordia”?
“Venus Verticordia” was painted by Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1866. Where to see it: Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum.
What to look for
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: heavy-lidded women with full lips and masses of hair, rich jewel-like colour and a medieval, dreamy atmosphere.
Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882), generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was an English poet, illustrator, painter and translator. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais. Wikipedia
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More by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- “Beata Beatrix”, 1872
- “Proserpine”, 1874
- “Ecce Ancilla Domini”, 1850
- “Dante's Dream”, 1871
- “Paolo and Francesca da Rimini”, 1855
- “Lady Lilith”, 1866
- “The Beloved”, 1865
- “Bocca Baciata”, 1859