Artistic Works
- Vanessa (Millais painting), an 1868 painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais
- Vanessa, a 1933 novel by Hugh Walpole
- "Vanessa" (song), a 1952 instrumental song written by Hugo Winterhalter
- Vanessa (opera), a Samuel Barber opera that premiered in 1958
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