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Il Ramoscello
Note: The title is inscribed at upper right.
Copyright: Courtesy of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop. Image copyright: © President
and Fellows of Harvard College, Harvard University.
Scholarly Commentary
Production History
The picture has an interesting history. Originally painted for William Graham in 1865, its title at that point was Bella e Buona. DGR took back the picture in 1873 and repainted it, renaming it “Il Ramoscello” and adding the new title to the picture's background. When it was returned to Graham he was displeased with the changes and had them removed, although he left the new title on the picture.
Literary
At the time he made this picture he associated it with a poem he wrote at the same time, identically titled Bella e Buona. He later changed the poem's name to ?Plighted Promise? when he came to include it in his 1870 Poems, thus erasing the ?double work? status that poem and picture originally had.
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