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| Keywords: Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Ford Madox Brown - Beata Beatrix.jpg Artwork Creator Dante Gabriel Rossetti Creator Ford Madox Brown en The a young woman is shown seated and half length at the moment of suspension between life and death A bird drops it's red poppy between her open hands In the background Dante is shown looking across to the figure of Love The frame has four incised roundels one on each side 1877 oil on canvas cm 86 4 68 2 Institution Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Fine Art Paintings and Sculpture place of discovery object history exhibition history credit line Purchased 1891 en One of several versions of this subject this painting was unfinished at the time of Rossetti's death and the background was completed by Ford Madox Brown The painting is a personal expression of Rossetti's love for his deceased wife Elizabeth Siddal seen through the writings of Dante the subject is taken from 'La Vita Nuova' In this version the poppies are red perhaps an explicit reference to opium-derived laudanum accession number 1891P25 place of creation http //www bmagic org uk/objects/1891P25 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery http //www bmagprints org uk/image/331222/dante-gabriel-rossetti-ford-madox-brown-beata-beatrix Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Prints <br /> http //www preraphaelites org/the-collection/1891P25/beata-beatrix/ Pre-Raphaelite Online Resource Custom license marker 2015 11 09 PD-old-auto-1923 1893 Uploaded with UploadWizard Beata Beatrix Ford Madox Brown Paintings by two artists 1877 oil on canvas paintings in the United Kingdom Paintings in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | ||||
