Ruth and Boaz

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

General Description

Date: 1855
Subject: “Standing in a cornfield in the sunshine. Ruth is carrying a sheaf of corn in the skirt of her dress” ( Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 1, 33 ).

Bibliography

◦ Benedetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 188.

◦ Marillier, DGR. An Illustrated Memorial 100

◦ Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 1, 33 (no. 70).

◦ Troxell, Three Rossettis, 28-29.

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

The love story of Boaz and Ruth is told in The Book of Ruth.

Production History

Once dated 1858, it is now confidently dated 1855, toward the middle of the year (see the note on dating in Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 1, 33 ).

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