The Muse 1878
by Padre Art
Title
The Muse 1878
Artist
Padre Art
Medium
Photograph - Photo Art
Description
This vintage portrait was inspired by a Boccacio sonnet, "On his Last Sight of Fiammetta". The subject is the muse of Boccacio. Maria Spartali Stillman, herself one of the most prolific painters of the time, acted as model.
Behold Fiammetta, shown in Vision here.
"Gloom-girt 'mid Spring-flushed apple-growth she stands;
And as she sways the branches with her hands,
Along her arm the sundered bloom falls sheer,
In separate petals shed, each like a tear;
While from the quivering bough the bird expands
His wings. And lo! thy spirit understands
Life shaken and shower'd and flown, and Death drawn near.
All stirs with change. Her garments beat the air:
The angel circling round her aureole
Shimmers in flight against the tree's grey bole:
While she, with reassuring eyes most fair,
A presage and a promise stands; as 'twere
On Death's dark storm the rainbow of the Soul. "
From an original 19th century (1878) painting by Dante Rossetti. All Rights Reserved © 2016 padre art
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May 18th, 2016
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