Beatrice
Date1896
Artist
Marie Spartali Stillman
(English painter and artists' model, 1844–1927)
MediumWatercolor and gouache on paper mounted on board
Dimensions22 11/16 × 17 in. (57.6 × 43.2 cm)
frame: 29 5/8 × 24 3/8 in. (75.2 × 61.9 cm)
frame: 29 5/8 × 24 3/8 in. (75.2 × 61.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Walter Reinsel, 1971
Object number1971-10
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis painting is loosely inspired by the writings of the early Renaissance poet Dante Alighieri (1265–1321). It depicts his beloved Beatrice, who appears in both the Vita Nuova and Purgatory. While Dante’s Beatrice is described as divine, Stillman paints a more earthly beauty, lost in thought as she contemplates her reading.
Elenore Plaisted Abbott
1911
