Guinicelli's Sonnet in Praise of his Lady

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1862 (circa)

Physical Description

Medium: pen and ink wash
Dimensions: 2 x 3 in.

Production Description

Production Date: 1862 (circa)

Provenance

Current Location: Princeton University Library

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

This the fifth of six small drawings that DGR made in a copy of the first edition of The Early Italian Poets (1861) at Princeton. It comes on page 29 and illustrates Guinicelli's “Canzone. He perceives his Rashness in Love, but has no choice” printed on the page facing the page with the drawing.

Bibliography

  • Surtees, “The Early Italian Poets,” 130-131.
Guinicelli's Sonnet in Praise of his Lady
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