Proserpine: Dante Gabriel Rosetti

I mentioned Dante Gabriel Rosetti in the essay below on ways to learn, so I thought I ought to include at least one of his paintings. This painting is called "Proserpine" Other names for this mythical figure are Proserpina, and Persephone. She was a daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted to Hades, but allowed to return to the surface of the earth for part of the year (she is also a personification of spring).

Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a pupil of Ford Madox Brown. Rosetti, Holman Hunt and Millais played a leading role in the formation of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Jane Morris, the wife of William Morris, was Rossetti's model. Her distinctive visage appeared frequently in his paintings.

I love the passionate sensuality in Rosetti's paintings.