Who painted “Love's Messenger”?

“Love's Messenger” was painted by Marie Spartali Stillman in 1885. Where to see it: Delaware Art Museum.

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Pre-Raphaelite: intense colour, hard-edged detail everywhere at once, flowing hair and medieval or literary subjects; Academic art of the time is smoother and more classical.

Marie Stillman (10 March 1844 – 6 March 1927) was a British painter. A member of the second generation of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, she is regarded as the greatest female artist of that movement. Wikipedia

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