The Saracens seizing Isaac, the Jew of York, by order of Front de Boeuf

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1838-39 (circa)

Physical Description

Medium: pen and ink
Dimensions: 18.8 x 23 cm

Production Description

Production Date: 1838-39 (circa)

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

Rossetti's interest in the novels of Sir Walter Scott reached its height in the late 1830s, when he executed this illustration from Ivanhoe. Surtees records another similar drawing in the appendix of her Catalogue Raisonné (p. 233).

Bibliography

The Saracens seizing Isaac, the Jew of York, by order of Front de Boeuf
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