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Beata Beatrix

by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Tate)

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Summary

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.

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