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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Proserpine by Dante Gabriel Rossetti canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pre-Raphaelite painting
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painting ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aesthetic movement
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Victorian art ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Greek goddess Persephone
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Roman goddess Proserpina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collection | Tate collection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorPalette | predominantly dark green and blue tones ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator |
D. G. Rossetti
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictionType | half-length female figure ⓘ |
| depicts |
Jane Morris
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Persephone NERFINISHED ⓘ Proserpina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsSymbolically |
division between worlds
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entrapment in marriage ⓘ forbidden desire ⓘ |
| genre |
mythological painting
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symbolist painting ⓘ |
| hasPart |
inscribed sonnet
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ivy background ⓘ pomegranate fruit ⓘ |
| hasVersion | multiple painted variants in the 1870s ⓘ |
| inception | 1874 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Italian Renaissance art
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medievalism ⓘ |
| inscriptionLanguage |
English
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Italian ⓘ |
| location | Tate Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Persephone in the underworld
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captivity ⓘ duality ⓘ mythology of seasons ⓘ pomegranate ⓘ temptation ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
canvas
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oil paint ⓘ |
| model | Jane Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of poetry and painting
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intense psychological expression ⓘ use of Jane Morris as muse ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Rossetti’s late mythological portraits ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | 1870s ⓘ |
| title | Proserpine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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