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La Ghirlandata

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1873

Physical Description

Medium: oil

Dimensions: 45 1/2 x 34 1/2 in.

Signature: signature

Date on Image: 1873

Note: Signature and date appear in the lower right corner.

Production Description

Production Date: 1873

Exhibition History: R.A. 1883, (no.298); Vienna 1927; Bradford Jubilee Exhibition 1930; Port Sunlight 1948, (no.173)

Original Cost: £840

Model: Alexa Wilding

Note: Alexa Wilding sat for main figure.

Model: May Morris

Note: The angel heads were taken from May Morris.

Provenance

Current Location: Guildhall Art Gallery

Archival History: William Graham; Graham Sale, Christie's 1886, (no. 117); Joseph Ruston; Ruston Sale, Christie's 1898, (no. 50); Sir James Ross; Ross Sale, Christie's 1927 (no. 21); Croal Thomson

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

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Bibliography

Angeli, DGR con 107 illustrazioni , 121.
Gowans and Gray, Masterpieces of DGR , 49.
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 1, 130.
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 334.

Reproductions

Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 334.
Gowans and Gray, Masterpieces of DGR , 49.
Angeli, DGR con 107 illustrazioni , 121.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1

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