Beata Beatrix
Dante Gabriel Rossetti · 1872
The story
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 first version is in oil on canvas, completed in 1870.
- Artist
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- Date
- 1872
- Collection
- Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom
- Movement
- Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 66 × 86.4 cm
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