ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel
(b. 1828, London, d. 1882, Birchington on Sea)
ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel (b. 1828, London, d. 1882, Birchington on Sea) |
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Monna Vanna1866Oil on canvas, 89 x 86 cm Tate Gallery, London | |
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Rossetti was particularly interested in colour harmonies, such as the Venetian yellows tempered with red and green of Monna Vanna, which Rossetti painted in 1866. A sumptuous echo of Raphael's Portrait of Joan of Aragon, Monna Vanna is built up of many circles, emphasizing its fullness - in the dress, the hair, the fan, the jewelry, the necklace, and even the pot of roses in the background. | |
