# Lady Lilith

**Dante Gabriel Rossetti** (English, 1828–1882)  
1867  
Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor)  
20 3/16 X 17 5/16 in. (51.3 x 44 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 08.162.1. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/337500).

## About this work

Dante Gabriel Rossetti painted this in 1867, aged 39. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Opaque watercolour.** Watercolour made opaque with white or chalk and laid in flat, even layers. Persian and Indian painters ground their colours from minerals, applied them with the finest brushes and burnished the finished page.
- **Watercolour.** Pigment in gum arabic, thinned with water and laid in transparent washes. Nothing white is painted: the light is the paper showing through.

### [Dante Gabriel Rossetti](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/dante-gabriel-rossetti)

English, 1828–1882; born in London; died in Birchington-on-Sea

## Facts

- Type: Drawings
- The artist was 39
- Real size: about 29 × 26 in (72 × 65 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 12 × 16 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Hair, Women, Flowers, Mirrors
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1026.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1026/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/lady-lilith-met-337500).