Dante Gabriel Rossetti

The Art Gallery of Western Australia will open ‘Chivalry is dead?’ on 5 September, bringing together works from its State Art Collection to examine the recurring appeal of medieval imagery.

The Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne will present ‘Pre-Raphaelites: Art and Poetry’, an exhibition examining the relationship between visual art and literature during one of the most influential periods of British art.

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art has highlighted Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s 'The Roman Widow' in a recent post, drawing attention to one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and a work rooted in the classical and literary interests that shaped his career.