Portrait of Jane Morris

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1873

Physical Description

Medium: graphite drawing on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: 30.2 x 21.cm
Signature: D. G. Rossetti
Date on Image: 1873
Note: Signature and date are inscribed at lower right.

Production Description

Production Date: 1873

Provenance

Current Location: Fogg Art Museum
Catalog Number: 1984.763

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

This striking picture is one of many that DGR made of Mrs. Morris during the 1870s especially. It is a front-facing bust portrait with Mrs. Morris wearing a light garment that falls away from her right shoulder. The expression is unusually haunting, even for a portrait of Mrs. Morris.

Portrait of Jane Morris
Copyright: Courtesy of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Gift of Alexander W. Dole. Photo Credit: Katya Kallsen. Image copyright: ©President and Fellows of Harvard College, Harvard University
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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