Included Text
DRG's pencil inscription of a mathematical sum appears in the lower left corner under the frame and above the inscription
by an unknown hand (regarding the date of repainting).
Belcolore
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1868
Physical Description
Medium: watercolour
Dimensions: entire paper 15 7/8 square, image itself circular 15 1/4 in. diameter
Signature: monogram
Date on Image: 1868
Note: The monogram and date are inscribed at right. An unknown hand has inscribed in pencil in the lower left corner under the
frame: “repainted about 1874 or 1875 & Decer to Mar 1877 by DGR.” Watercolours have been tried out on the corners of the
paper covered by the frame.
Production Description
Production Date: 1868
Exhibition History: Maas Gallery
High Art and Homely Scene 1969 (no.35)
Repainting: Per note on painting, 1874 or 1875 and Dec to Mar 1877
Provenance
Current Location: D. W. Posnett
Archival History: W. A. Turner; sold as
The Rose at Turner Sale
Christie's 1888 April 28, 1999 (lot 120), £89. 5s;
Alexander Ionides; Ionides Sale Christie's Mar 15, 1902 (lot 31), £283; Mrs. Cohen; Appeared as
Portrait of a girl with a rose at Sotheby's sale Feb.13, 1946 (lot 1), remained unsold at £58; Commander Kenneth Cohen, R.N., and Mrs.
Cohen; Maas Gallery 1969; D. W. Posnett
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