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Romantic and imaginative composition, set within a park landscape, with two half-length female figures seated in the foreground playing musical instruments as two women behind them dance to their music. The left foreground figure modelled for by Marie Spartali Stillman is seated in three-quarter view to the right with her head turned in profile; she wears a loose, deep pink-coloured medieval-style garment with a fine, almost transparent white fabric twisted around the neck; her dark hair is twisted and coiled at the back of her head with a pearl spiral hair ornament fastened behind the ear. The positioning of the right foreground figure modelled for by Alexa Wilding – echoes that of the left figure, appearing symmetrically balanced; her head is in three-quarter view to the left with auburn hair partially gathered at the back of her head, the rest trailing down her back; she wears a loose green robe similar to that of the left figure, with a stylised autumn leaf on the shoulder.
Title
The Bower Meadow
Date
1850–1872
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 86.3 x W 68 cm
Accession number
1909.15
Acquisition method
purchased at Christie's, 1909
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
Signed and dated at left bottom corner: D G Rossetti / 1872