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| Keywords: Lady-Lilith.jpg Artwork Creator Dante Gabriel Rossetti en «Lilith the subject of this painting is described in Judaic literature as the first wife of Adam She is associated with the seduction of men and the murder of children The depiction of women as powerful and evil temptresses was prevalent in 19th-century painting particularly among the Pre-Raphaelites The artist depicts Lilith as an iconic Amazon-like female with long flowing hair Her languid nature is reiterated in the inclusion of the poppy in the lower right corner �the flower of opium-induced slumber » see references 1866-68 altered 1872-73 Oil on canvas cm 97 8 85 1 <br /> frame dim cm 134 6 121 9 7 Institution Delaware Art Museum place of discovery object history exhibition history credit line Samuel and Mary R Bancroft Memorial 1935 Begun in 1864 with Fanny Cornforth as the model and completed in 1868 Repainted at Kelmscott 1872-3 with the face of Alexa Wilding http //www rossettiarchive org/docs/s205 rap html accession number 1935-29 place of creation Delaware Art Museum Delaware Art Museum 100x100px Version with face of Fanny Cornforth 1867 http //emuseum delart org 8080/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/items 0040 6457 <br /> http //www delart org/collections/british-pre-raphaelites/lady-lilith/ Q6470337 cc-by-sa-3 0 GFDL PD-old-auto-1923 1882 Lady Lilith by Dante Gabriel Rossetti Paintings in Delaware Art Museum Temporary for Cat-a-lot - Female humans Everyday life in art People resting Internal monologue Ribbons Fingers in art Eyelids Colorful background 19th-century oil paintings of sitting women at three-quarter length Female arms in art Portrait paintings of females with flowers People with plants Digitalis in art Seduction in art 1860s oil on canvas paintings in the United States | ||||
