#pre raphaelite aesthetic

Zenobia’s Last Look on Palmyra, oil painting by Herbert Gustave Schmalz

(Herbert Gustave Schmalz was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter, this painting was made in 1888)

The Beloved

Marie Spartali Stillman (Μαρία Ευφροσύνη Σπαρτάλη, 1844-1927), British painter of Greek descent.

Belonging to the Pre-Raphaelite movement, she enjoyed a particularly prolific career, and painted more than a hundred works over sixty years.

Her work is characteristic of Pre-Raphaelism and mainly represents female figures from the great works of medieval literature.

This artist, particularly tall in size, from a height of 1,90 meters (6 ft 3 in), also impressed by her beauty those who had the privilege of having her as a model.

(Details. The pictures show in order: Love’s Messenger, 1885 ; How the Virgin Came to Brother Conrad in Offia and Laid her Son in his Arms, 1892 ; Dante’s Vision of Leah and Rachel, 1887 ; Beatrice, 1895 ; The Enchanted Garden of Messer Ansaldo, 1889 ; Fiammetta Singing, 1879 ; Mariana, between 1867 and 1869 ; The Childhood of Saint Cecilia, 1883 ; How the Virgin Came to Brother Conrad in Offia and Laid her Son in his Arms, again, 1892 ; and finally, Wreath of Roses, 1880)