
В конце 1860-х Sandys разыскал молодую цыганку Keomi. Она понравилась и Россетти, который изобразил её как подружку невесты на картине Возлюбленная.
The Beloved (study for bridesmaid)
Model: Keomi. The sitter was Keomi, a gypsy girl, the mistress of Frederick Sandys.
The Beloved
Date on Image: 1865-66
Note: Marie Ford (wrongly called Miss Mackenzie by WMR) sat for the Bride.
Model: Ellen Smith. The bridesmaid in the left foreground is Ellen Smith.
Model: Gabriel. A mulatto girl, who appears in some of the sketches for this work, was eventually replaced by the little negro boy during the painting of the picture.
Model: Keomi. The model for the figure on the right was Keomi, a gypsy, and paramour of Fredric Sandys.
Repainting: 1873
The painting was retouched in 1873, a repainting operation that including the replacement of the foremost figure, a brown mulatto girl, with a little negro boy.
Included Text
My beloved is mine and I am his.
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth:
For thy love is better than wine.
She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of
needlework: the virgins that be her fellows shall
bear her company, and shall be brought unto thee.
Note: These two Biblical texts are inscribed on the frame below the painting.