# Monna Vanna [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 89 x 86 cm ## Commentary Rossetti was particularly interested in colour harmonies, such as the Venetian yellows tempered with red and green of Monna Vanna, which Rossetti painted in 1866. A sumptuous echo of Raphael's <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/raphael/5roma/5/05aragon.html'\)" HREF="/html/r/raphael/5roma/5/05aragon.html">Portrait of Joan of Aragon,<A> Monna Vanna is built up of many circles, emphasizing its fullness - in the dress, the hair, the fan, the jewelry, the necklace, and even the pot of roses in the background. ## Related artworks - [A Sea-Spell]() - [Beata Beatrix]() - [Ecce Ancilla Domini!]() - [Fra Angelico Painting]() - [La Donna della Finestra]() - [La Ghirlandata \(detail\)]() - [La Ghirlandata]() - [Study for the Head of Astarte Syriaca]() - [The Blessed Damozel]() - [The Bride]() - [The Love Cup]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()