The Chapel before the Lists
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- Art Funded
- 1916
- Dimensions
- 40 x 41 cm
- Vendor
- Rae family
In a lighted chapel, a lady is helping to arm a kneeling knight in red, who seizes the moment to embrace her. Her long, white head-dress, as she stoops to kiss him, falls like a mantle down her blue dress. She is holding his long two-handled sword. On the knight's pointed shield is painted the figure of a maiden in distress - Andromeda, or the princess of the dragon story. To the right of the shield is the knight's crested helmet. Beyond the Chapel is a tented field, with knights going forth to joust.
Provenance
Collection of Rae