Included Text
Jane Morris AD 1868 D. G. Rossetti, pinxit. Conjuge clara poeta et
praeclarissima vultu, Denique pictura clara sit illa mea.
Note: The inscription runs across the top of the canvas; the Latin translates: “Famous
for her husband, a poet, and most famous for her face; so let this picture of mine add to her
fame.”
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
The picture forms a double work with DGR's sonnet The Portrait.
Production History
The painting was begun in mid 1866 but not completed until the summer of 1868. It is closely related to Mariana (Surtees 213), and it forms a double work with DGR's sonnet The Portrait.
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