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Dante and Beatrice (painting)

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38: 178:, the Walker Art Gallery owns three sketches he made for it. Two of these depict all the figures, while the third is of Dante alone. Holiday had also made nude plaster statuettes of the two main female figures to which he later added clothing. These are also owned by the gallery. The model for Beatrice was Eleanor Butcher, Milly Hughes modelled for Monna Vanna, and the model for the maidservant was Kitty Lushington. 194:, was paved with bricks and that there were shops in the area; these are shown in the painting. He also learned that the Ponte Vecchio had been destroyed in a flood in 1235. It was being rebuilt between 1285 and 1290 and in the painting it is shown covered in scaffolding. 159:. Dante concealed his love by pretending to be attracted to other women. The painting depicts an incident when Beatrice, having heard gossip relating to this, refuses to speak to him. The event is shown as Beatrice and two other women walk past the 623: 181:
Holiday was anxious that the painting should be historically accurate and in 1881 travelled to Florence to carry out research. He discovered that in the 13th century the Lungarno, the street on the north side of the
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that showed a meeting between Dante and Beatrice when they were children in the garden of Beatrice's father, and in 1875 he painted a portrait of Dante. In addition to the completed painting of
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A Converted British Family Sheltering a Christian Missionary from the Persecution of the Druids
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142.2 cm × 203.2 cm (56.0 in × 80.0 in)
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Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta Appraised by Dante and Virgil
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When he died in 1927, Holiday was described as "the last
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Index

List of paintings by John William Waterhouse

Henry Holiday
oil on canvas
Walker Art Gallery
Liverpool
Henry Holiday
Walker Art Gallery
Liverpool
oil on canvas
Pre-Raphaelite
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante's Dream
Dante Alighieri
La Vita Nuova
his love
Beatrice Portinari
Santa Trinita Bridge
Florence
River Arno
Ponte Vecchio
Ponte Santa Trinita






"'Dante and Beatrice', Henry Holiday, 1884"
National Museums Liverpool

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