The Girlhood of Mary Virgin
Dante Gabriel Rossetti · 1848
Why it's great
A young Mary sits embroidering a lily as her mother, Anne, watches in a quiet room, with a vine outside. Rossetti painted this when he was 20, one of the first Pre-Raphaelite pictures. Every object has a symbolic meaning. It's an early, important work.
Where to see it
📍 Tate BritainLondon, United Kingdom
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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.
