Talk:Beata Beatrix

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math wrong in English Wikipedia splash page
On the English Wikipedia splash page, down at the bottom, it says the following. It says the person lived in the 1200's, yet the artist, who painted her in 1870, met her twice. The math is wrong.

Beata Beatrix, an 1870 oil on canvas painting depicting Beatrice Portinari (1266–90), subject of Dante Alighieri's La Vita Nuova, at the moment of her death; Dante claims to have met her only twice, on occasions separated by nine years, but was so affected by the meetings that he carried his love for her throughout his life.

The artist, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, includes a red dove as the messenger of love in this work and modeled Beatrice after his deceased wife and frequent model, Elizabeth Siddal (1829–62). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:4898:80E8:ED31:0:0:0:2 (talk) 17:47, 14 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Dante Alighieri only met Beatrice twice in the 1200s. The artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti depicted her in his 1870 painting and used his wife Elizabeth Siddal as the model for Beatrice. Guess it's the same first names that make it confusing to you. Agadant (talk) 20:44, 14 February 2014 (UTC)