Beata Beatrix

Beata Beatrix
ArtistDante Gabriel Rossetti
Yearc. 1864–1870
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions86.4 cm × 66 cm (34 in × 26 in)
LocationTate Britain, London
Beata Beatrix
ArtistDante Gabriel Rossetti
Yearc. 1871–1872
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions87.5 cm × 69.3 cm (34 7/16 in × 27 1/4 in);
[predella: 26.5 cm × 69.2 cm].
LocationArt 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 in oil on canvas, completed in 1870.

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