article_snippet.sent: Rossetti was the son of Italian scholar Gabriele Pasquale Giuseppe Rossetti and Rossetti wife Frances Polidori.
article_snippet.sent: the son of Italian scholar Gabriele Pasquale Giuseppe Rossetti and his wife Frances Polidori was born in London in 1828 and is known for the son of Italian scholar Gabriele Pasquale Giuseppe Rossetti and his wife Frances Polidori painting, illustrating, translating and poetry.
article_snippet.sent: the son of Italian scholar Gabriele Pasquale Giuseppe Rossetti and his wife Frances Polidori founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848 with contemporaries William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais.
article_snippet.sent: the son of Italian scholar Gabriele Pasquale Giuseppe Rossetti and his wife Frances Polidori most famous paintings include Beata Beatrix, The Girlhood of Mary Virgin,
article_snippet.sent: How They Met His most famous paintings.
article_snippet.sent: Rossetti was one of the most well-known founding members of the Pre-Raphelites group .
article_snippet.sent: the Pre-Raphelites were a group of English artists who formed a 'brotherhood' in 1848, dedicated to creating work that rejected the mannered approach adopted by Raphael and other Renaissance painters.
article_snippet.sent: Believing Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo had proven a corrupting influence on art, Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo wanted to return to the intense colour and detailed compositions that characterised 15th century Italian art.
article_snippet.sent: Founded by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the trio later welcomed Rossetti's brother, William, James Collinson, Frederic George Stephens and Thomas Woolner to Rossetti's brother, William, James Collinson, Frederic George Stephens and Thomas Woolner circle.