Focus on Monna Rosa and explain the abstract.
Monna Rosa is the title of two oil paintings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, both portraits of Frances Leyland, the wife of shipping magnate Frederick Richards Leyland, a regular patron of Rossetti. The earlier and smaller painting was completed in 1862 and its whereabouts is now unknown. The second was completed in 1867 and is now in a private collection.Frederick Leyland displayed the larger painting in his drawing room with five other Rossetti "stunners."
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Frederick Richards Leyland oil painting Monna Rosa