gabriel charles dante rossetti (12 may 1828 – 9 april 1882), generally known as dante gabriel rossetti (), was an english poet, illustrator, painter and translator, and a member of the rossetti family. he founded the pre-raphaelite brotherhood in 1848 with william holman hunt and john everett millais. rossetti was later to be the main inspiration for a second generation of artists and writers influenced by the movement, most notably william morris and edward burne-jones. his work also influenced the european symbolists and was a major precursor of the aesthetic movement.