Beata Beatrix

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oil painting painting

Beata Beatrix is a celebrated painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti that portrays a trance-like Beatrice and exemplifies the spiritual, symbolic style of the Pre-Raphaelite movement.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	oil painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
artStyle	Pre-Raphaelite art ⓘ surface form: Pre-Raphaelite Romanticism ⓘ
basedOn	The New Life of Dante ⓘ surface form: La Vita Nuova
cataloguedIn	Art Institute of Chicago collection catalogue ⓘ Tate collection catalogue ⓘ
collection	Art Institute of Chicago ⓘ surface form: Art Institute of Chicago (version) Tate Britain ⓘ surface form: Tate Britain (version)
colorPalette	muted, atmospheric tones ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
creator	Dante Gabriel Rossetti ⓘ
culture	British art ⓘ
dateOfCreation	circa 1864–1870 ⓘ
depicts	Beatrice ⓘ surface form: Beatrice Portinari Dante Alighieri ⓘ surface form: Dante Alighieri (background figure) personification of Love (background figure) ⓘ
endTime	circa 1870 ⓘ
genre	spiritual painting ⓘ symbolic painting ⓘ
hasPart	red dove ⓘ sundial in background ⓘ white poppy ⓘ
hasVersion	later replica by Rossetti ⓘ
influencedBy	Dante’s Beatrice iconography ⓘ Italian medieval literature ⓘ
inspiredBy	Dante Alighieri ⓘ Elizabeth Siddal ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Latin ⓘ
medium	oil on canvas ⓘ
model	Elizabeth Siddal ⓘ
movement	Pre-Raphaelite art ⓘ surface form: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
notableFor	association with Elizabeth Siddal’s death ⓘ intense spiritual symbolism ⓘ trance-like portrayal of Beatrice ⓘ
originalLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
period	Victorian era ⓘ
startTime	circa 1864 ⓘ
subject	Beatrice in a trance-like state ⓘ
symbolizes	beatification ⓘ death ⓘ love and loss ⓘ spiritual transcendence ⓘ
titleMeaning	Blessed Beatrice ⓘ

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti → notableWork → Beata Beatrix ⓘ

Pre-Raphaelite art → notableWork → Beata Beatrix ⓘ