Rossetti painted the still life in the foreground of this painting while under the tutelage of ford madox brown (1821-1893). The female figure in the background was probably added in the 1860s. Her facial features suggest it is fanny cornforth, a model who was “discovered” in 1856 while rossetti and others were attending the london city-wide fete celebrating the return of florence nightingale from the crimean war. (see source). Object Type: painting. Date: 1848. Dimensions: 14.7 × 13.7 in (37.4 × 34.9 cm) with frame: 23 × 22 in (58.4 × 55.8 cm). Medium: oil on paper mounted on panel. Collection: Delaware Art Museum. Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Bottles
