Dante's resolve to write the Commedia in memory of
Beatrice
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
General Description
Date: 1853
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
As WMR indicates in the only reference to this work that we have, it was
“A very interesting attempt at the beginning of 1853, not long persisted in,
being an oil-picture in two compartments , life-sized half-figures, representing
Dante's resolve to write the Comedia in memory of Beatrice” (see
WMR,
Family
Letters, I. 159
This collection contains 1 text or image
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
As WMR indicates in the only reference to this work that we have, it was “A very interesting attempt at the beginning of 1853, not long persisted in, being an oil-picture in two compartments , life-sized half-figures, representing Dante's resolve to write the Comedia in memory of Beatrice” (see WMR, Family Letters, I. 159