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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instanceOf Pre-Raphaelite painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance iconic image of Elizabeth Siddal ⓘ
key work of the Pre-Raphaelite movement ⓘ
associatedWith Elizabeth Siddal’s death ⓘ
Rossetti’s personal grief ⓘ
basedOn the death of Beatrice in Dante’s La Vita Nuova ⓘ
collection Tate Britain ⓘ
colorPalette golds ⓘ
muted greens ⓘ
reds ⓘ
completionDate circa 1870 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Dante Gabriel Rossetti ⓘ
depictionStyle dreamlike ⓘ
symbol-laden ⓘ
depicts Beatrice Portinari ⓘ
Elizabeth Siddal ⓘ
describedAs vision of love and death ⓘ
genre allegorical painting ⓘ
portrait ⓘ
symbolic painting ⓘ
hasPart background figure of Dante ⓘ
background figure of an angelic Beatrice ⓘ
poppy ⓘ
red dove ⓘ
sundial ⓘ
hasVersion later replicas by Rossetti ⓘ
iconography dove as messenger of death and love ⓘ
poppy as symbol of sleep and death ⓘ
sundial as symbol of passing time ⓘ
inception circa 1864 ⓘ
inspiredBy Dante Alighieri ⓘ
La Vita Nuova ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
mainSubject death ⓘ
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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Elizabeth Siddal → inspiredWork → Beata Beatrix (painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti) ⓘ