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| Keywords: Dante by Marie Spartali Stillman 02.jpg Artwork Creator Marie Spartali Stillman Marie Spartali Stillman Dante at Verona 1888 This was accompanied when first exhibited by a quotation from Rossetti's poem of the same name <br /><br /> He comes upon <br /> The women at their palm-playing <br /> The conduits round the gardens sing <br /> And meet in scoops of milk-white stone <br /> Where wearied damsels rest and hold <br /> Their hands in the wet spurt of gold <br /> One of whom knowing well that he <br /> By some found stern was mild with them <br /> Would run and pluck his garment's hem <br /> Saying 'Messer Dante pardon me ' <br /> Praying that they might hear the song <br /> Which first of all he made when young <br /><br />The song Dante made when young is the Vita Nuova which induces a pensive mood in both poet and listeners The scene is an imagined re-creation of a public garden in medieval Verona to which Dante was exiled faculty css edu http //faculty css edu/phagen/hon4777pr/4777women2 htm Marie Spartali Stillman site 1888 gouache and watercolor paper cm 49 73 private collection accession number object history credit line http //www mystudios com/women/pqrst/stillman-dante html PD-old-auto 1927 Files uploaded by Shakko from various sources Paintings by Marie Spartali Stillman Paintings of Dante Alighieri Poems by Dante Gabriel Rossetti Verona in art Listening in art Holding hands in art 1888 watercolor paintings Gouache paintings | ||||
