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Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) produced some of the most glittering andvocative images of the Victorian era. A member of the influentialre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Rossetti found inspiration in the writings ofante, Shakespeare and Malory, with many of his paintings depicting scenesrom Arthurian legend and tales of medieval chivalry. He was also anccomplished poet, whose verses frequently dealt with the same themes as hisaintings.;A notorious womanizer, Rossetti immortalized the women in his life,articularly his wife and pupil, Elizabeth Siddal, who died of an overdosen 1862, and later Jane Morris, with whom he was in love. Representing thems Beatrice, Mary Magdalene and Helen of Troy, among others, Rossetti created new ideal of female beauty, far removed from the more traditional aestheticf the day. His brilliant use of colour and his originality of vision havensured his reputation as one of the most gifted painters of the 19th century.