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1828-1882
Aestheticpainter, designer and poet
La Bella Mano
The Beautiful Hand
1875
157.5 x 116.8 cms | 62 x 45 3/4 ins
Oil on canvas
Wilmington| United States
In royal wise ring-girt and bracelet-spann'd
A flower of Venus' own virginity,
Go shine among thy sisterly sweet band;
In maiden-minded converse delicately
Evermore white and soft; until thou be,
O hand! heart-handsel'd in a lover's hand.
-- D. G. Rossetti
A flower of Venus' own virginity,
Go shine among thy sisterly sweet band;
In maiden-minded converse delicately
Evermore white and soft; until thou be,
O hand! heart-handsel'd in a lover's hand.
-- D. G. Rossetti
