Thursday, February 28, 2013

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Maxfield Parrish and Valentine Cameron Prinsep paintings!

I stumbled upon these three glass cabochons a week or two ago and just had to pick them up.  This first one is a print of a Dante Gabriel Rossetti painting. Rossetti was an English poet, illustrator, translator and painter. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848.  I've wrapped it in antiqued craft wire/beads. The finished pendant is available for purchase as are the other, yet to be wrapped cabochons. Please click on the images below if you desire a larger view.  




The cabochon pictured below houses a lovely Maxfield Parrish print. His artistic career lasted more than half a century and helped shape The Golden Age of Illustration and the future of American visual arts. (July 25, 1870 - March 30, 1966)

This last cabochon is a print of "At The Golden Gate" painted by Valentine Cameron Prinsep. (Feb. 14, 1838 - Nov. 11, 1904) Prinsep was a British painter also of the Pre-Raphaelite school. In 1876 Prinsep was commissioned by the Indian government to paint the durbar that was held to proclaim Queen Victoria the Empress of India. The result was the painting in this cabochon...turns out the original painting is huge!!

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