Which painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti depicts a ghostly meeting between lovers?

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The painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti that depicts a ghostly meeting between lovers is titled How They Met Themselves (1851–60).1

The work portrays a couple who encounter their own doppelgƤngers—wraiths or spirit doubles—in a dark forest, a meeting traditionally interpreted in folklore as a sign of imminent death.12