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Waldemar Morales Logo’s "Portrait of América" is an oil-on-canvas portrait of a beautiful young woman; the subject is of Cuban and Spanish heritage, and wears a vibrant red loose-fitting Moroccan-inspired caftan, exposing her right shoulder. When asked about the painting, Meadows Museum (on the Dallas, Texas campus of Southern Methodist University) curator Patricia Manzano Rodríguez exclaimed, “What I love about this work is how it beautifully brings together different cultural influences ... It turns out, the model’s name was América!”
“Portrait of América” by Waldemar Morales Lugo - Oil on canvas / 1957 - Museo de Arte de Ponce (Puerto Rico) #womeninart #art #artwork #oilpainting #womensart #portraitofawoman #fineart #heritage #MuseodeArtedePonce #WaldemarMoralesLugo #Lugo #PuertoRicanArt #portrait #FerréFoundation
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Flaming June, 1895 by Frederique Leighton. The Museo de Arte de Ponce’s collection of Victorian paintings is the result of a very special interest of the Museum’s founder Luis A. Ferré.
#artoftheday #victorian #puertorico #museodeartedeponce
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![A young red-haired bereaved Roman widow (model Alexa Wilding) with bright red lips sits in a sepulchre by her late husband's cinerary urn, around which is her circular silver-white bridal girdle. She is dressed in classical yellow mourning drapery and playing an elegy on two small harps, one with each hand. Old-fashioned and wild pink roses, the flowers of Venus (goddess of love) wreath both the harp and the urn.
The use of white reminds viewers of the absence of the woman’s departed husband. Her pale wraith-like face and drapery gives her an unworldly quality so we can sense she is not quite living in this world, nor the next. The roses add to the pale, subtle tonality and, as the symbols of Venus, signify the endurance of love, even after death.
Rossetti's alternative title of Dîs Manibus refers to the prefix of the urn's inscription. A common epithet on Roman funerary monuments, often abbreviated to D M and meaning "to the Manes" or ghosts of the dead. It can be loosely translated as "to the memory of".
The remainder of the text reads “L. AELIO AQUINO - MARITO CARISSIMO - PAPIRIA GEMINA FECIT - AVE DOMINE VALE DOMINE” which translates as “L Aelio Aquino - Dearest Husband - Papiria Gemina made this [urn] - Hail Master Farewell Master.” The inscription is taken from a Roman urn in Rossetti’s collection. The artist was known as an avid collector of antique objects.
The painting was originally commissioned by the artist’s patron: shipping magnate Frederick Leyland.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dtli5s7b2qnvvqcgh74ruri5/bafkreigi7c2bvci34fy66vevajyudhktlocthdmj5r6dvlsmefvs2cgaia)
A young red-haired bereaved Roman widow (model Alexa Wilding) with bright red lips sits in a sepulchre by her late husband's cinerary urn, around which is her circular silver-white bridal girdle. She is dressed in classical yellow mourning drapery and playing an elegy on two small harps, one with each hand. Old-fashioned and wild pink roses, the flowers of Venus (goddess of love) wreath both the harp and the urn. The use of white reminds viewers of the absence of the woman’s departed husband. Her pale wraith-like face and drapery gives her an unworldly quality so we can sense she is not quite living in this world, nor the next. The roses add to the pale, subtle tonality and, as the symbols of Venus, signify the endurance of love, even after death. Rossetti's alternative title of Dîs Manibus refers to the prefix of the urn's inscription. A common epithet on Roman funerary monuments, often abbreviated to D M and meaning "to the Manes" or ghosts of the dead. It can be loosely translated as "to the memory of". The remainder of the text reads “L. AELIO AQUINO - MARITO CARISSIMO - PAPIRIA GEMINA FECIT - AVE DOMINE VALE DOMINE” which translates as “L Aelio Aquino - Dearest Husband - Papiria Gemina made this [urn] - Hail Master Farewell Master.” The inscription is taken from a Roman urn in Rossetti’s collection. The artist was known as an avid collector of antique objects. The painting was originally commissioned by the artist’s patron: shipping magnate Frederick Leyland.
Roman Widow (Dîs Manibus) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (English) - Oil on canvas / 1874 - Museo de Arte de Ponce (Puerto Rico) #womeninart #painting #rosetti #pre-raphaelite #art #MuseodeArtedePonce #womensart #englishartist #artwork #widow #fineart #dantegabrielrosetti #womanart #oilpainting #bskyart
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