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Which painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti depicts a ghostly meeting between lovers?
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1863
The painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti that depicts a ghostly meeting between lovers is titled How They Met Themselves (1851ā60).1
The work portrays a couple who encounter their own doppelgƤngersāwraiths or spirit doublesāin a dark forest, a meeting traditionally interpreted in folklore as a sign of imminent death.12