Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) - Bruna Brunelleschi 1878

Bruna Brunelleschi closely resembles the 1868 oil portrait of Jane Burden Morris, the wife of William Morris and Rossetti's lover. Rossetti returned years later to complete this watercolour, which he had probably begun as a study for the earlier portrait. He wrote to Jane that he had thought to name the work Vittoria Colonna, but decided against inviting comparison with Michelangelo. Instead, he decided on the title Bruna Brunelleschi, not wishing Jane's name to be so directly associated with the work, and in reference to her dark complexion.

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