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Fair Rosamund
ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel
(Artist)
Rossetti studied with Ford Madox Brown and was founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848. He explored the romantic world of mediaeval mysticism. Fair Rosamund (d.c.1176) was the mistress of Henry II. She appears here behind a balustrade in the royal manor of Woodstock. The red silk cord in her hand, according to legend, warned of her lover's approach. The sitter, Fanny Cornforth, was a frequent model of Rossetti's. She became his housekeeper after the death of his wife Elizabeth Siddal in 1862.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 169
Creation/Production
Acquisition
Transfer, 1921
Measurements
Height
(cm): 51.9
Width
(cm): 41.7
Height
(in): 20 7/16
Width
(in): 16 7/16
Length
(cm): 61 (frame)
Length
(in): 24 (frame)
Material
Oil
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