{"product_id":"lady-lilith-dante-gabriel-rossetti","title":"Lady Lilith - Dante Gabriel Rossetti","description":"\u003cp\u003eA portrait of Lilith by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, featuring a woman brushing her hair amidst a dense arrangement of white roses and symbolic flora.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eLady Lilith is a defining work by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, painted between 1866 and 1868. The subject is Lilith, a figure from Jewish folklore often described as the first wife of Adam. Rossetti depicts her as a modern woman of his own time, brushing her long, flowing hair while gazing into a hand mirror. The composition focuses on her self-absorption and physical beauty, themes common in the later works of the Pre-Raphaelite movement.\n\nThe painting features a dense arrangement of symbolic flora. White roses, representing sensual love, and poppies, associated with sleep and indifference, surround the figure. The background includes a small mirror reflecting a garden scene, which adds a layer of spatial complexity to the otherwise shallow, decorative composition. The model for the original 1866 version was Fanny Cornforth, though Rossetti later repainted the face using Alexa Wilding as his model in 1872–1873. This version reflects the artist's fascination with the femme fatale archetype, a recurring motif in his later career.\n\nTechnically, the work demonstrates Rossetti's mastery of texture, from the soft, voluminous white garment to the metallic sheen of the mirror and the delicate petals of the flowers. The colour palette is dominated by the contrast between the subject's golden-red hair and the cool, pale tones of her dress and the surrounding white roses. The painting is currently held in the collection of the Delaware Art Museum, having been acquired from the Bancroft Collection. It remains a primary example of the aesthetic shift toward decorative, symbolic portraiture that characterised the late Victorian period.\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=\"\/products\/undine-john-william-waterhouse\" 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;\"\u003eUndine - John William Waterhouse — John William Waterhouse\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/chaucer-at-the-court-of-edward-iii-ford-madox-brown\" 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;\"\u003eChaucer at the Court of Edward III - Ford Madox Brown — Ford Madox Brown\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dante Gabriel Rossetti","offers":[{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ Small Square (30x30 cm) \/ -","offer_id":58176434045263,"sku":null,"price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ Medium Square (40x40 cm) \/ -","offer_id":58176814416207,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Fine Art Poster \/ Large Square (50x50 cm) \/ -","offer_id":58176814448975,"sku":null,"price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/9292\/1935\/files\/Lady-Lilith_Poster_CompositorV1_1783374486337.jpg?v=1783603768","url":"https:\/\/www.solisprints.com\/products\/lady-lilith-dante-gabriel-rossetti","provider":"Solis Prints","version":"1.0","type":"link"}