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The Parable of the Vineyard: The Sending of a Servant to Receive the Fruit, and the Stoning and Killing of the Servant

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1861

Physical Description

Medium: pen and ink and ink wash, laid down

Dimensions: 23 1/2 x 23 in.

Signature: monogram

Note: Monogram at lower right.

Production Description

Production Date: 1861

Exhibition History: Beaux Arts Gallery, Drawings and Paintings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti , 1940 (no.24); Bournemouth, 1951 (no.85); Victoria and Albert Museum, The Firm of Morris & Co., 1961 (no.3)

Intended Context: Design for stained glass for the east window of St. Martin's Church, Scarborough.

Model: William Morris

Note: According to Surtees, the head of William Morris is clearly recognizable in the opening of the gate.

Model: Ernest Gambart

Note: According to Surtees, the man in the back right bears a resemblance to Gambart the art dealer.

Model: Val Prinsep

Note: According to Surtees, the man in the back left resembles Val Prinsep.

Provenance

Current Location: William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow

Catalog Number: A 265

Archival History: Mr. Johnson of Manchester; T.H. McConnell; Frederick Leyland; Kerrison Preston; Sold at Preston Sale at Christie's on March 2, 1956 (lot 44); William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

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Bibliography

Marillier, DGR: An Illustrated Memorial , 113.
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 1, 82-83 (no. 135).
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 204.
Wood Drawings of DGR , 63 (plate XXII).

Included Text

And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant that he might receive of the fruit of the vineyard. And they cast stones at him. And him they killed and many others.

Note: Inscribed directly beneath the drawing.

Reproductions

Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 204.
Wood, Drawings of DGR , plate XXII.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1

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