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'The Borgia Family', 1863, (c1912). Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

'The Borgia Family', 1863, (c1912). Painting in the Victoria & Albert Museum, depicting Pope Alexander VI, his son Cesare Borgia and his daughter Lucrezia Borgia. British poet, illustrator, painter and translator Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais. Rossetti drew extensively on medieval influences, and particularly the work of his namesake, the Italian writer and poet Dante Alighieri. He married his model Elizabeth Siddal who sat for ?Beata Beatrix?, painted a year after her death. He later became a founding partner in the decorative arts firm, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co, developing a relationship with William Morris? wife Jane who became one of his ?muses?. Illustration from Rossetti - Masterpieces in Colour, by Lucien Pissarro. [TC & EC Jack, Frederick A Stokes Co, London & New York, c1912].

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Title: 'The Borgia Family', 1863, (c1912). Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

Caption: 'The Borgia Family', 1863, (c1912). Painting in the Victoria & Albert Museum, depicting Pope Alexander VI, his son Cesare Borgia and his daughter Lucrezia Borgia. British poet, illustrator, painter and translator Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais. Rossetti drew extensively on medieval influences, and particularly the work of his namesake, the Italian writer and poet Dante Alighieri. He married his model Elizabeth Siddal who sat for ?Beata Beatrix?, painted a year after her death. He later became a founding partner in the decorative arts firm, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co, developing a relationship with William Morris? wife Jane who became one of his ?muses?. Illustration from Rossetti - Masterpieces in Colour, by Lucien Pissarro. [TC & EC Jack, Frederick A Stokes Co, London & New York, c1912]

Personalities: LUCIEN PISSARRO

Credit: Album / Heritage Images / The Print Collector

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Image size: 4626 × 4430 px | 58.6 MB

Print size: 39.2 × 37.5 cm | 1821.3 × 1744.1 in (300 dpi)

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