Proserpine by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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"Proserpine" is an 1870s Pre-Raphaelite painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti depicting Jane Morris as the mythological goddess Persephone, symbolizing themes of captivity, temptation, and duality.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Pre-Raphaelite painting
painting
associatedWith Aesthetic movement NERFINISHED
Victorian art
basedOn Greek goddess Persephone NERFINISHED
Roman goddess Proserpina NERFINISHED
collection Tate collection NERFINISHED
colorPalette predominantly dark green and blue tones
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator D. G. Rossetti NERFINISHED
Dante Gabriel Rossetti NERFINISHED
depictionType half-length female figure
depicts Jane Morris NERFINISHED
Persephone NERFINISHED
Proserpina NERFINISHED
depictsSymbolically division between worlds
entrapment in marriage
forbidden desire
genre mythological painting
symbolist painting
hasPart inscribed sonnet
ivy background
pomegranate fruit
hasVersion multiple painted variants in the 1870s
inception 1874
influencedBy Italian Renaissance art NERFINISHED
medievalism
inscriptionLanguage English
Italian
location Tate Britain NERFINISHED
mainSubject Persephone in the underworld
captivity
duality
mythology of seasons
pomegranate
temptation
materialUsed canvas
oil paint
model Jane Morris NERFINISHED
movement Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood NERFINISHED
notableFor integration of poetry and painting
intense psychological expression
use of Jane Morris as muse
partOfSeries Rossetti’s late mythological portraits
productionPeriod 1870s
title Proserpine NERFINISHED

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Jane Morris notableWorkSubjectOf Proserpine by Dante Gabriel Rossetti