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Water Willow

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1871

Physical Description

Medium: oil
Dimensions: 13 x 10 1/2 in.

Production Description

Production Date: 1871
Model: Jane Burden Morris
Repainting: 1893
The painting was retouched in 1893 by Fairfax Murray.

Provenance

Current Location: Bancroft Collection, Wilmington Society of Fine Arts, Delaware

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

The background of the painting is the Thames, with a distant view of Kelmscott Manor and a country church. DGR made two sketches for the background, one with the two buildings, the other of foliage.

Bibliography

Water Willow
Copyright: © Delaware Art Museum, Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial

Reproductions

  1. image

    Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 324.
  2. image

    Delaware Art Museum print.
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    Delaware Art Museum print.
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    Delaware Art Museum print.
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    Delaware Art Museum print.
  6. image

    Masterpieces of Rossetti , page 45.     Image: Picture is reversed.
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    Delaware Art Museum print.
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