Explore the abstract of this artwork, Beata Beatrix.
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 oil on canvas completed in 1870.
La Vita Nuova Dante Gabriel Rossetti Dante Alighieri canvas Beatrice Portinari Pre-Raphaelite