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Mnemosyne (Lamp of Memory)

1875–81

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The story

Jane Morris was the model. Frederick Leyland bought it in 1881 and hung it in his drawing room with five other Rossetti 'stunners'.

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Object details

Title: Mnemosyne (Lamp of Memory)
Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Date: 1875–81
Culture: British
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Delaware Art Museum
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0168
Original image: 1600 × 3000 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Mnemosyne (Lamp of Memory). 1875–81. Delaware Art Museum. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0168/

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