Proserpine
Dante Gabriel Rossetti · 1874
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Proserpine
Dante Gabriel Rossetti · 1874
Proserpine is an oil painting on canvas by British Pre-Raphaelite artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti. It was made in 1874 and is now in the collection of the Tate Britain. Rossetti painted at least eight versions of the same subject from 1871 until 1882, the year of his death. Early versions were promised to Charles Augustus Howell.
The Awakening Conscience
William Holman Hunt · 1853
The Awakening Conscience (1853) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist William Holman Hunt, one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which depicts a woman rising from her position in a man's lap and gazing transfixed out the room's window. The painting is in the collection of the Tate Britain, in London.
Beata Beatrix
Dante Gabriel Rossetti · 1872
Beata Beatrix is a painting completed in several versions by Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The painting depicts Beatrice Portinari from Dante Alighieri's 1294 poem La Vita Nuova, at the moment of her death.
The Bath of Psyche
Frederic Leighton · 1890
The Bath of Psyche is an oil painting by Frederic Leighton, first exhibited in 1890. It is in the collection of Tate Britain.
The Golden Stairs
Edward Burne-Jones · 1876
The Golden Stairs is one of the best-known paintings by the Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones. It was begun in 1876 and was exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery in 1880.
The Battle of the Nile
Philip James de Loutherbourg · 1800
The Battle of the Nile is an oil on canvas history painting by the French-born British artist Philip James de Loutherbourg, from 1800.
Artists
Kingdom of Great Britain · 1775–1851
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · 1828–1882
Kingdom of Great Britain · 1692–1780
Anglo-Dutch · 1593–1661
Spanish Netherlands · 1599–1641
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · 1830–1896
Kingdom of England · 1540–1596
Southern Netherlands · 1520–1574
Habsburg Netherlands · 1561–1636
France · 1740–1812
Artworks
Lady Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kent
Paul van Somer I · 1619
A School
John Opie · 1784
Beatrix Knighting Esmond
Augustus Egg · 1857
A Man in a Black Cap
John Bettes the Elder · 1545
Portrait of a Lady
Arthur Devis · 1750
Volendam, Holland, from the Zuidende
Elizabeth Forbes · 1895
Elizabeth Panton, Later Lady Arundell of Wardour, as Saint Catherine
Benedetto Gennari II · 1689
The Path to the Old Ferry at By
Alfred Sisley · 1880
Lady Anne Pope
Robert Peake the elder · 1615
Gretchen
Joanna Mary Boyce · 1861
Cookmaid with Still Life of Vegetables and Fruit
Nathaniel Bacon · 1622
Buttermere Lake, with Park of Cromackwater, Cumberland, a Shower
J. M. W. Turner · 1797
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