Painted in 1880, when Dante Rossetti’s fragile health was slowly slipping into a final decline - The Day Dream is often thought to be his last great masterpiece.
And in classic form, it is a tribute to three of the great loves of Rossetti’s life; Poetry, Art, and Jane Morris (his long time Muse/Model)
Of course, Jane’s face will be so very familiar to an…
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