Beata Beatrix | |
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Artist | Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
Year | c. 1864–1870 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 86.4 cm × 66 cm (34 in × 26 in) |
Location | Tate Britain, London |
Beata Beatrix | |
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Artist | Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
Year | c. 1871–1872 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 87.5 cm × 69.3 cm (34 7/16 in × 27 1/4 in); [predella: 26.5 cm × 69.2 cm]. |
Location | Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago |
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.