Why it matters
A young Roman widow, modelled by Alexa Wilding, sits by her husband's funeral urn playing an elegy on two small harps. Pink roses, flowers of Venus, wreathe both harp and urn.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1874.
- Its alternative title is Dîs Manibus.
- It is in the Museo de Arte de Ponce.
Based on the Wikipedia article Roman Widow (Rossetti) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
