The Girlhood of Mary Virgin

Medium: pen and wash with gilt haloes

Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.

Production Date: 1848-9

Model: Mrs. Gabriele Rossetti, DGR's mother, sat for St. Anne.

Model: Christina Rossetti sat for the Virgin.

Model: According to Surtees, Old Williams, employed by the Rossetti family, sat for St. Joachim.

Model: ‘Gabriel made a study, from a girl whom Collinson recommended to him, for the head of the angel’ (WMR, The P.R.B. Journal, 11). This was done in August 1849, when DGR was repainting parts of the picture. The original angel's face is said to have been modelled on Thomas Woolner's half-sister (Surtees, vol. 1, 10).

Current Location: Private Collection

Archival History: Purchased in London, 1959.