Why it matters
Proserpina holds the pomegranate whose seeds condemned her to spend six months of every year in the underworld. Rossetti painted at least eight versions of the subject; this is the seventh.
Did you know?
- Rossetti inscribed the date 1874 on it, but worked on it for seven years.
- It was commissioned by Frederick Richards Leyland.
- A very similar version is in Birmingham.
Based on the Wikipedia article Proserpine (Rossetti) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
