Bell's Miniature Series of Painters
ROSSETTI
BY
H. C. MARILLIER
LONDON
GEORGE BELL & SONS
1906
CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.
TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. INTRODUCTORY
II. THE "PRE-RAPHAELITE BROTHERHOOD"
III. WORK FROM 1849 TO 1853—INFLUENCE OF BROWNING
IV. FRIENDSHIP WITH RUSKIN—MARRIAGE, AND DEATH OF MRS. ROSSETTI
VII. SETTLING AT CHELSEA—WORK FROM 1863 TO 1874
VIII. CLOSE OF THE RECORD. 1874-1882
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF CHIEF PICTURES
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
BEATA BEATRIX ... Frontispiece
MARY MAGDALENE AT THE HOUSE OF SIMON THE PHARISEE
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY
Dante Gabriel, or, to give him his fullchristening name, Gabriel Charles DanteRossetti, was born on May 12th, 1828, atNo. 38, Charlotte Street, Portland Place, and wasthe second of four children, born in successiveyears. Gabriele Rossetti, his father, was a nativeof the city of Vasto, in the province of Abruzzi.He was a man of superior ability and force ofcharacter, and was at one time custodian ofbronzes at the Naples Museum; but having madehimself obnoxious to the Bourbon King Ferdinandduring the suppression of the constitutionin 1821, he was in consequence proscribed andobliged to fly for safety. Assisted by a Britishman-of-war in escaping to Malta, Gabriele Rossettiremained there for some time, practising as aninstructor in his native language, until furtherannoyance drove him in 1824 to England. Herehe settled, and obtained an appointment asProfessor of Italian at King's College. Meantime,in 1826, he had married a daughter of GaetanoPolidori, for some while secretary