Title of Artwork: “Veronica Veronese”
Artwork by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Year Created 1872
Summary of Veronica Veronese
Dante Gabriel Rossetti painted Veronica Veronese in 1872 using Alexa Wilding as his model. Lady Lilith’s picture was intended to go with it. A shipping magnate, Frederick Richards Leyland, purchased the picture from Rossetti. This painting was purchased by the estate of Samuel Bancroft in 1923 before being given to the Delaware Art Museum in 1935.
All About Veronica Veronese
Veronica Veronese was influenced by Venetian painting, as was most of Rossetti’s work in the 1860s and 1870s. To some, it is a symbol of a person’s “creative soul in action.” The fabricated quote on the painting’s frame elaborates on this issue. In spite of being attributed to “The Letters of Girolamo Ridolfi,” many believe Algernon Charles Swinburne or Dante Gabriel Rossetti actually composed this remark.
For example, the artwork contains overt flower symbolism as well as an uncaged bird that may signify the “marriage of the voices of nature and the soul.”. “Energy through hardship,” “youth,” and “reflection” are all possible meanings for the camomile in the bird cage.
It was Jane Morris who provided the green clothing for the photograph. It was Rossetti’s violin, and the fan made an appearance in Monna Vanna as well. The few bars of musical composition on the document may have been based on George Boyce’s compositions.
Rossetti sold the artwork to Leyland for £840 in 1872, and Leyland’s estate auction at Christie’s on May 28th, 1892, was when it was sold. Paintings by Rossetti that were described as “stunners” by Leyland were displayed in the drawing room.
The artwork went through three owners after Leyland’s estate sale before being purchased by Charles Fairfax Murray, another Pre-Raphaelite artist. Murray’s son, John Edward, sold it to Samuel Bancroft’s estate in 1923; it was purchased by the Bancroft family. As one of the most comprehensive collections of Pre-Raphaelite art outside of the United Kingdom, Bancroft’s estate donated its holdings in 1935 to the Delaware Art Museum in Newark, Delaware.
Information Citations
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