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"The Blessed Damozel" is perhaps the best known poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, which was first published in 1850 in the Pre-Raphaelite journal ''The Germ''. Rossetti subsequently revised the poem twice and republished it in 1856, 1870 and 1873. Rossetti also used the same title for some of his best known paintings. The poem was partially inspired by Poe's "The Raven",〔"(The Painterly Image in Poetry )." The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Victorian Age. 2009. Norton and Company. 3 Jun 2009.〕 with its depiction of a lover grieving on Earth over the death of his loved one. Rossetti chose to represent the situation in reverse. The poem describes the damozel observing her lover from heaven, and her unfulfilled yearning for their reunion in heaven. The poem also was the inspiration of Claude Debussy's "La damoiselle élue" (1888), a cantata for two soloists, female choir, and orchestra. The first four stanzas of the poem are inscribed on the frame of the painting. ==Paintings== ''The Blessed Damozel'' is the only one of Rossetti's paired pictures and poems in which the poem was completed first. Friends and patrons repeatedly urged Rossetti to illustrate his most famous poem,〔Treuherz et al. (2003), p. 100〕 and he finally accepted a commission from William Graham in February 1871. After the work was completed Graham requested a predella, the lower part of the painting on December 31, 1877. His total cost was £1157. Alexa Wilding modelled the damozel in Paradise, Wilfred John Hawtrey modelled the child–angel, and the probable model for the left–hand angel was May Morris. Another later version is in the Lady Lever Art Gallery. File:FRLeylandsdrawingroom1892.jpg|thumb|right|320px|Six Rossetti paintings as hung in Leyland's drawing room, 1892. ''The Blessed Damozel'' hangs third from the left.〔 (Click on any painting for its article.) poly 80 200 25 200 25 280 80 280 Monna Rosa poly 200 190 240 190 240 280 200 280 Mnemosyne (Rossetti) poly 250 190 290 190 290 280 250 280 The Blessed Damozel poly 300 210 330 210 330 280 300 280 Proserpine (Rossetti painting) poly 352 215 400 215 400 280 352 280 Veronica Veronese poly 530 220 570 220 570 280 530 280 Lady Lilith desc none Frederick Richards Leyland commissioned eighteen paintings from Rossetti, not counting unfulfilled commissions. Soon after Leyland acquired his first Rossetti painting, he and Rossetti explored the idea of a Rossetti triptych, which was eventually formed with ''Mnemosyne'', an 1879 replica of ''The Blessed Damozel'' painted by Rossetti himself, and ''Proserpine''.〔''Waking Dreams'', p. 204.〕 Three additional Rossetti painting were then hung in Leyland's drawing room, all of which Leyland called "stunners."〔''Waking Dreams'', p. 26 (figure 5).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Blessed Damozel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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