Paintings The Blessed Damozel
replica rossetti, 1879, sold frederick leyland. @ lady lever art gallery.
the blessed damozel 1 of rossetti s paired pictures , poems in poem completed first. friends , patrons repeatedly urged rossetti illustrate famous poem, , accepted commission william graham in february 1871. after work completed graham requested predella, lower part of painting, on december 31, 1877. total cost £1157. alexa wilding modelled damozel in paradise, wilfred john hawtrey modelled child–angel, , probable model left–hand angel may morris. another, later version in lady lever art gallery.
six rossetti paintings hung in leyland s drawing room, 1892. blessed damozel hangs third left. (click on painting article.)
frederick richards leyland commissioned eighteen paintings rossetti, not counting unfulfilled commissions. after leyland acquired first rossetti painting, , rossetti explored idea of rossetti triptych, formed mnemosyne, 1879 replica of blessed damozel painted rossetti himself, , proserpine. 3 additional rossetti paintings hung in leyland s drawing room, of leyland called stunners.
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