A Vision of Fiammetta
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| Artist | Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
| Year | 1878 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 140 cm × 91 cm (55 in × 36 in) |
| Location | Private collection of Andrew Lloyd Webber |
A Vision of Fiammetta is an
Subject
The frame of the painting is inscribed with three texts: the sonnet by Boccaccio entitled "On his Last Sight of Fiammetta," which inspired the painting; Rossetti's translation of it, and his own poem mirroring the painting:
Behold Fiammetta, shown in Vision here.
Gloom-girt 'mid Spring-flushed apple-growth she stands;
And as she sways the branches with her hands,
Along her arm the sundered bloom falls sheer,
In separate petals shed, each like a tear;
While from the quivering bough the bird expands
His wings. And lo! thy spirit understands
Life shaken and shower'd and flown, and Death drawn near.
All stirs with change. Her garments beat the air:
The angel circling round her aureole
Shimmers in flight against the tree's grey bole:
While she, with reassuring eyes most fair,
A presage and a promise stands; as 'twere
On Death's dark storm the rainbow of the Soul.
Provenance
The painting was originally in the possession of William Alfred Turner (1839-1886),
See also
References
- ^ a b A Vision of Fiammetta, Dante Gabriel Rossetti Archive.
- ^ [Stephen Wildman, Waking Dreams : The collection of Samuel Bancroft Junior, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, 2004], Waking Dreams.
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