This drawing is of Beata Beatrix, taken from an oil painting (in public domain) by Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, completed in 1870. It depicts Beatrice Portinari from Dante Alighieri's poem La Vita Nuova at the moment of her death. The symbolism in the original painting goes without saying! Google it.....
This drawing is of Beata Beatrix, taken from an oil painting (in public domain) by Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, completed in 1870. It depicts Beatrice Portinari from Dante Alighieri's poem La Vita Nuova at the moment of her death. The symbolism in the original painting goes without saying! Google it.....