The Rossettis

Revolution, partnership, love. The Rossettis led a progressive counterculture, drawing on the past to reinvent art for their fast-changing modern world. The work of Pre-Raphaelite founder Dante Gabriel Rossetti, alongside that of his wife, artist Elizabeth Siddal, and his siblings, writers Christina and William Michael Rossetti, are the subject of this major international exhibition organized in partnership with Tate Britain.

The Rossettis presents celebrated DelArt paintings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, such as Found and Lady Lilith, contextualized among masterpieces from the Tate’s collection and loans from public and private collections worldwide. The show will include Rossetti’s outstanding early and late paintings, watercolors, photographs, and design, and major drawings by Siddal. This exhibition marks the first time this material will be assembled and displayed in the United States. It will be on view at Tate Britain from April 6 to September 24, 2023, before traveling to DelArt.

The Rossettis is accompanied by a complimentary audio guide available via QR code on visitors’ smart phones. We recommend bringing your own headphones to enjoy the audio guide in our gallery.

The Beloved (“The Bride”), 1865-6, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Oil on canvas. Purchased with assistance from Sir Arthur Du Cros Bt and Sir Otto Beit KCMG through the Art Fund 1916. Tate. Photo: Tate.

‘Ecce Ancilla Domini! (The Annunciation), 1849–50, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Oil on canvas. Purchased 1959. Tate. Photo: Tate.

Monna Vanna, 1866, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Oil on canvas. Purchased with assistance from Sir Arthur Du Cros Bt and Sir Otto Beit KCMG through the Art Fund 1916. Tate. Photo: Tate.

Lady Lilith, 1866–1868 (altered 1872–1873). Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882). Oil on canvas, 39 x 34. Delaware Art Museum, Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial.

Found, Designed 1853; begun 1859; unfinished. Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882). Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 × 31 15/16 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial.

The Wedding of St George and Princess Sabra, 1857, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Watercolor on paper. Purchased with assistance from Sir Arthur Du Cros Bt and Sir Otto Beit KCMG through the Art Fund 1916. Tate. Photo: Tate.

La Ghirlandata, 1873, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Oil on canvas. Guildhall Art Gallery. Photo credit: City of London Corporation.

Dantis Amor, 1860, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Oil on mahogany. Presented by F. Treharne James 1920. Tate. Photo: Tate.

Elizabeth Siddal Plaiting her Hair, not dated, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Graphite on paper. Bequeathed by H.F. Stephens 1932. Tate. Photo: Tate.

Proserpine, 1874, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Oil on canvas. Presented by W. Graham Robertson 1940. Tate. Photo: Tate.

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Organizers & Sponsors

This exhibition was organized by the Delaware Art Museum in partnership with Tate Britain and is made possible through support from the Nathan Clark Foundation, the Amy P. Goldman Foundation, the Delaware Art Museum Council, and the Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards Charitable Foundation. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. This organization is supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts and by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on www.DelawareScene.com.