Beata Beatrix (painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti)
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"Beata Beatrix" is a celebrated Pre-Raphaelite painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti that portrays his muse Elizabeth Siddal as Dante’s Beatrice in a dreamlike, symbol-laden vision of love and death.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Beata Beatrix (painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti) canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pre-Raphaelite painting
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painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
iconic image of Elizabeth Siddal
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key work of the Pre-Raphaelite movement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Elizabeth Siddal’s death
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Rossetti’s personal grief ⓘ |
| basedOn | the death of Beatrice in Dante’s La Vita Nuova ⓘ |
| collection | Tate Britain ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
golds
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muted greens ⓘ reds ⓘ |
| completionDate | circa 1870 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Dante Gabriel Rossetti ⓘ |
| depictionStyle |
dreamlike
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symbol-laden ⓘ |
| depicts |
Beatrice degli Uberti
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surface form:
Beatrice Portinari
Elizabeth Siddal ⓘ |
| describedAs | vision of love and death ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical painting
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portrait ⓘ symbolic painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
background figure of Dante
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background figure of an angelic Beatrice ⓘ poppy ⓘ red dove ⓘ sundial ⓘ |
| hasVersion | later replicas by Rossetti ⓘ |
| iconography |
dove as messenger of death and love
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poppy as symbol of sleep and death ⓘ sundial as symbol of passing time ⓘ |
| inception | circa 1864 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Dante Alighieri
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La Vita Nuova ⓘ |
| location |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| mainSubject |
death
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love ⓘ spiritual vision ⓘ transcendence ⓘ |
| model | Elizabeth Siddal ⓘ |
| movement | Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Dante Gabriel Rossetti ⓘ |
| originalLanguageTitle | Beata Beatrix ⓘ |
| portrays | Elizabeth Siddal as Beatrice ⓘ |
| setting | idealized Florence ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | Blessed Beatrice ⓘ |
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