Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Angels


[Angels Watching the Crown of Thorns and the Rod with which Christ was Scourged]
oil on canvas
painted in 1848 when Rossetti was working in the studio of Ford Madox Brown. It seems to be unfinished in parts. It was rediscoverec in the 70's and offered for auction at Sotherby's in 2006.

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