The Blessed Damozel
Dante Gabriel Rossetti · 1871
Why it's great
A woman leans down from heaven over a golden bar, her arms folded, as lovers below on Earth remember each other. Rossetti painted it from his own poem. The picture is full of golden hair, lilies and angels. It's a rich, dreamy Victorian picture.
Where to see it
📍 Fogg MuseumCambridge, United States
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti was born in London to an Italian family of poets and scholars. He co-founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and painted dreamy, romantic women. He was also a poet, and often paired paintings with verses. He lived in London and died in 1882.
