Rossetti and Melozzo Da Forli

I love looking at these together. Different ... but, oh the faces and the colours ... I can't help but wonder if the angel's face might have been an inspiration for Rossetti - or do they just seem quite similar?


Melozzo Da Forli, Angel playing the tambourine, circa 1480
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Hanging the Mistletoe, 1860

Fragments of frescos painted by Melozzo Da Forli circa 1480

Vatican Museums, Pinacoteca, Room IV

List of works in Room IV





Photographs courtesy:
1. & 3. Kwong Yee Cheng
2. IRIS' Travelogue
4. Cuadero de viaje
5. WVJazzman

Melozzo Da Forli (Italian, ca. 1438-1494)

Angel Musicians:
Angel playing the lute
Angel playing the viola
Angel playing the tambourine
Fresco fragments circa 1480
"The painting[s] [are] by Melozzo da Forlì, an Italian Renaissance painter, the first who practised foreshortening with much success and one of the most outstanding fresco painters of the 15th century."
These are included in the 14 fragments that can be seen at the Vatican Museums, Pinacoteca, Room IV.
More information is found at this link.