ID: 700008611 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008611	Record Type: Movable Work
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Dante and Beatrice (painting (visual work); Henry Holiday; 1883; Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool, England, United Kingdom); WAG 3125)

Note: 'Dante and Beatrice' was the most important painting by Henry Holiday. The theme of the painting is inspired by the autobiography Vita Nuova of the medieval poet Dante (1265-1321). Dante concealed his love for Beatrice by pretending to be attracted by other women. The scene depicted in the painting is that of Beatrice refusing to greet Dante because of the gossip that had reached her. Beatrice is the woman dressed in white and she was modelled by Eleanor Butcher. The woman next to Beatrice is Monna Vanna, a companion of Beatrice and the mistress of Dante's friend Guido Cavalcanti. Monna Vanna was modelled by Milly Hughes.

Titles:

Dante and Beatrice (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1883

Creator Display:

Henry Holiday [preferred,VP]

painter Holiday, Henry (English painter, illustrator, and sculptor, 1839-1927) [500004360]

Locations:

Current: Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool, England, United Kingdom) [500251553] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: WAG 3125

Display Materials: oil on canvas

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

Dimensions: 142.2 centimetres (56 in) by 203.2 centimetres (80 in)

Cultures:

British (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Pre-Raphaelite [300021225] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European regional styles and movements>, <modern British styles and movements>, <modern British fine arts styles and movements>)

General Subject:

literary (preferred)

portraits

Specific Subjects:

	Beatrice [901001107]
	.....((Literary characters, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	Beatrice Portinari (Florentine noblewoman, 1266-1290) [500371799]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Alighieri, Dante (Italian poet, theorist, and philosopher, 1265-1321) [500265888]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	historiated portraits [300265059]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits) (AAT)

	Arno River [1121388]
	.....(Pisa province (province), Tuscany (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	Eleanor Butcher (British artist's model, 1844-1894) [500372623]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Milly Hughes (British lady, 19th century) [500404235]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Kitty Lushington (British lady, 1867-1922) [500404234]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Vita Nuova [901001336]
	.....((Literary works: Prose (novels, etc.), Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	Firenze [7000457]
	.....(Firenze province (province), Tuscany (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Dante and Beatrice	........ [VP]
	........ Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool [online]. 2000-.

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool [online]. 2000-.