Beatrice
1895 · watercolor, gouache and tempera mounted on paper
Dimensions 57.6 × 43.1 cm
Loosely inspired by the writings of the early Renaissance poet Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), this painting depicts his beloved Beatrice who appears in both the Vita Nuova and Purgatory. While Dante’s Beatrice is described in terms of the divine, Stillman paints a more earthly beauty, lost in thought as she contemplates her reading.
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Beatrice (1895) by Marie Spartali Stillman, watercolor, gouache and tempera mounted on paper.
About Marie Spartali Stillman
Marie Euphrosyne Spartali, later Stillman (10 March 1844 – 6 March 1927), was a British Pre-Raphaelite painter of Greek descent, arguably the greatest female artist of that movement.
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