The a young woman is shown seated and half length at the moment of suspension between life and death. A bird drops it's red poppy between her open hands. In the background dante is shown looking across to the figure of love. The frame has four incised roundels, one on each side. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1877. Place of creation: Italy. Dimensions: height: 86.4 cm (34 in); width: 68.2 cm (26.8 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Beatrice Portinari. Collection: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Ford Madox Brown - Beata Beatrix
