Dis Manibus (also known as The Roman Widow) (1874). Dante Gabriel Rossetti (English, 1828-1882)
Dis Manibus (also known as The Roman Widow) (1874). Dante Gabriel Rossetti (English, 1828-1882). Oil on canvas. Museo de Arte de Ponce.A Roman widow wistfully plucks two lyres to mourn and honor her departed companion. To further demonstrate her continued devotion, she has placed her silver marriage-girdle around the white marble cinerary urn that contains her husband’s ashes. Rossetti based the cinerary urn on an ancient object in his own collection. The liberal use of garlands of pink old-fashioned and wild roses perhaps signifies the endurance of love even after death. -- source link
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