{"product_id":"venus-verticordia-dante-gabriel-rossetti","title":"Venus Verticordia - Dante Gabriel Rossetti","description":"\u003cp\u003eA striking Pre-Raphaelite portrait by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, featuring the goddess Venus surrounded by a dense, symbolic arrangement of roses and honeysuckle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVenus Verticordia, painted by Dante Gabriel Rossetti between 1864 and 1868, represents the artist's fascination with the idealised female form and classical mythology. The title translates to Venus the Turner of Hearts, a Roman epithet for the goddess of love. Rossetti depicts the figure emerging from a dense thicket of roses and honeysuckle, which serves as a symbolic backdrop for her divine nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition is dominated by the central figure, whose gaze meets the viewer directly. She holds an arrow in one hand and a golden apple in the other, referencing the Judgement of Paris. Yellow butterflies, often associated with the soul in classical iconography, alight upon the arrow and the apple, adding a layer of allegorical meaning to the work. The heavy, saturated colours and the lush, almost claustrophobic floral environment are characteristic of Rossetti's later period, where he moved away from the strict naturalism of his early career toward a more decorative and atmospheric style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRossetti utilised Alexa Wilding as the model for this painting. Her features, particularly the heavy-lidded eyes and voluminous hair, appear in many of his works from this decade. The painting is notable for its rejection of traditional perspective, favouring a flat, ornamental arrangement that prioritises colour and texture over spatial depth. The inclusion of a small blue bird in the upper right corner provides a subtle contrast to the warm, earthy tones of the roses and the figure's skin. This work captures the specific aesthetic concerns of the Pre-Raphaelite circle, focusing on the intersection of sensuality, literary allusion, and decorative art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:2rem;padding-top:1.5rem;border-top:1px solid #e5e5e5;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:0.85rem;color:#888;font-weight:600;margin:0 0 0.75rem;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.05em;\"\u003eYou might also like\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:0.5rem;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en-nz\/products\/sustained-comedy-marsden-hartley\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f8f9fa;border:1px solid #e5e5e5;border-radius:20px;padding:0.35rem 0.85rem;font-size:0.8rem;color:#2a555a;font-weight:500;text-decoration:none !important;background-image:none !important;\"\u003eSustained Comedy by Marsden Hartley\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en-nz\/products\/art-sztuka-jacek-malczewski\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f8f9fa;border:1px solid #e5e5e5;border-radius:20px;padding:0.35rem 0.85rem;font-size:0.8rem;color:#2a555a;font-weight:500;text-decoration:none !important;background-image:none !important;\"\u003eArt (Sztuka) by Jacek Malczewski\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en-nz\/collections\/dante-gabriel-rossetti\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#2a555a;border:1px solid #2a555a;border-radius:20px;padding:0.35rem 0.85rem;font-size:0.8rem;color:#ffffff;font-weight:500;text-decoration:none !important;background-image:none !important;\"\u003eMore by Dante Gabriel Rossetti →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dante Gabriel Rossetti","offers":[{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A4 (21x29.7 cm) \/ Black frame","offer_id":59474645025103,"sku":null,"price":220.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A4 (21x29.7 cm) \/ Dark wood frame","offer_id":59474645090639,"sku":null,"price":220.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A3 (29.7 x 42  cm) \/ Dark wood frame","offer_id":59474645188943,"sku":null,"price":290.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A2 (42 x 59.4  cm) \/ Black frame","offer_id":59474645221711,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Fine Art Framed \/ A2 (42 x 59.4  cm) \/ Dark wood frame","offer_id":59474645287247,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/9292\/1935\/files\/Venus-Verticordia_Poster_CompositorV1_1794398952673.jpg?v=1794441939","url":"https:\/\/www.solisprints.com\/en-nz\/products\/venus-verticordia-dante-gabriel-rossetti","provider":"Solis Prints","version":"1.0","type":"link"}