Resident Evil (2002) features two real-world paintings among the myriad of paintings found throughout the Spencer Mansion.

"Proserpine" (Persephone) by PRB painter, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and "Judith Beheading Holofernes" by Baroque artist, Caravaggio.

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882)

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Born in 1828: (1828-82), member of the

Portrait of Margaret Anne Thompson (1833-65), 1852

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England had been experiencing a religious revival in the 1840s. Rossetti was caught up in the fervour. St Catherine (1857), The Lady of Shallot (1857) & The Tune of Seven Towers (1857)

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Rossetti also painted & drew Arthurian legends & these would also inspire Edward Burne-Jones. Dante’s Vision (1855), Paolo & Francesca (1855) & Jane Burden (1857). Some of his models were minor artists.

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en 1828 nacía Dante Gabriel Rossetti, miembro fundador de la Hermandad Prerrafaelita, pintor prerrafaelita y líder de la segunda generación prerrafaelita.

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&
Like the March wind, I don't give peace.
I enjoy lashing every dormant soul, and drawing it's anger a lively impetus to feel it vibrate between my fingers.

dearest Alessandra and all.
D Rossetti

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti was born in 1828, images are: oil painting - Beata Beatrix (finished by Ford Madox Brown), chalk portrait - Fanny Cornforth and ink drawing - Love's Mirror or a Parable of Love.

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti was born this 1828.
Herewith a selection of paintings throughout the stages & styles of his career.
'Self-Portrait' (1847 NPG)
'The Girlhood of Mary Virgin' (1849 Tate)
'The Tune of the 7 Towers '(1857 Tate)
'Joan of Arc' (1882 Fitzwilliam Museum)

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12 maggio 1828 nasce a Londra il pittore e poeta Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Lo stile si ispira fortemente alla cultura medievale e primo rinascimentale ed è basato sulla ricerca di una "verità" di rappresentazione che passa anche per un uso dei mezzi coloristici

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Monna Vanna (1866)

by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Tate Gallery, London

Note: Rossetti originally called the picture Venus Veneta.
After the picture was finished he changed the title
to Monna Vanna, denoting a 'vain woman', a name taken
from Dante's Vita Nuova.

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'La Bella Mano' (1875 ) for this week's
Following current guidelines this resplendent Rossettian damsel is indeed *washing her hands* but we cannot guarantee that the soap is antibacterial …...

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Caricature of John Everett Millais by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, c.1851-53. Millais is portrayed using a favourite expression for the type of painting he disliked! 'Sir Sloshua' was his derogatory term for Sir Joshua Reynolds, first president of the Royal Academy.

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is featuring art today, here's a small selection from our collection: paintings by Arthur Hughes and Simeon Solomon, tapestry Morris & Co, design Edward Burne-Jones and chalk drawing by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. For more see https://t.co/fT0g5rypyJ

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King Arthur and the Weeping Queens - Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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Study for Predella No. 2, for "Dante's Dream": Dante Awakening from His Dream, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1879 https://t.co/i8rJu2OJ3B

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Study for "Venus Verticordia", Dante Gabriele Rossetti https://t.co/2Wl5Esm2f6

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