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Rossovestita

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1850

Physical Description

Medium: watercolour over pen and ink

Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.

Signature: Dante Rossetti

Date on Image: 1850

Note: The signature and date are inscribed at upper right: “Dante Rossetti Fece in Londra 1850.”

Production Description

Production Date: 1850

Exhibition History: National Institution, Portland Gallery 1850; Old Watercolour Society Winter 1852; B.F.A.C., 1883 (no.9); Tate 1911 (no.55)

Model: Elizabeth Siddal

Note: This was the first time Siddal modelled for DGR.

Provenance

Current Location: Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery

Catalog Number: 452'04

Archival History: Ford Madox Brown; Brown sale May 29, 1894 (lot 111); Christie's sale March 10, 1900 (lot 97); Fairfax Murray; Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

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Bibliography

Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 1, 14 (no. 45).
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 43.

Reproductions

Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 43.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1

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