The Sermon on the Mount

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1861 (circa)

Physical Description

Medium: brush and ink, with pen
Dimensions: 28 1/2 x 21 in.
Signature: monogram
Note: Monogram located at the lower left.

Production Description

Production Date: 1861 (circa)
Exhibition History: Paris, Arts Decoratif, 1914 (no.45)
Intended Context: Design for the central panel of a stained glass window.
Model: George Meredith
Note: Meredith is said to have sat for Christ.
Model: Christina Rossetti
Note: CGR is said to have sat for the Virgin (though the face somewhat resembles Elizabeth Siddal).
Model: Fanny Cornforth
Note: The Magdalene resembles Fanny Cornforth.
Model: Algernon Swinburne
Note: Swinburne is said to have been the model for St. John.
Model: Simeon Solomon
Note: Solomon is said to have been the model for St. James.
Model: William Morris
Note: Morris is said to have been the model for St. Peter.
Model: Ernest Gambart
Note: In Judas the face of the art dealer Gambart is recognizable.

Provenance

Current Location: William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow
Catalog Number: A 210
Archival History: Cecil French Bequest, 1954, to the William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow

Scholarly Commentary

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Bibliography

The Sermon on the Mount
Copyright: © Collection: William Morris Gallery, London E17

Included Text

Haloes are inscribed with: ‘DOMINUS CHRISTUS S.M.’; ‘S.MARIA MATER DEI SANCTISS:VIRGO’; ‘S.MARIA MAGDAL PECCATRIX’; ‘S.JOHANNES DILECTUS’; ‘S.JACOBUS’; ‘S.PETRUS’; ‘JUDAS DAMNATUS’.

Reproductions

  1. image

    Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 210.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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