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Portrait of a Lady

Alternately titled: Maria Zambaco

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1870

Physical Description

Medium: green, brown, white and red chalks on pale green paper
Dimensions: 19 1/4 x 15 1/2 in.
Signature: monogram
Date on Image: 1870
Note: Monogram and date are inscribed at lower right.

Production Description

Production Date: 1870
Model: Maria Zambaco. Formerly believed to be Aglaia Coronio.

Provenance

Current Location: Collection of Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber
Archival History: J. Redfern; Christie's sale October 16, 1981 (lot 87); Whithford and Hughes; Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

It has been suggested that this work is related to the drawing of Mrs. Zambaco housed at the National Trust's Wightwick Manor.

Bibliography

  • Benedetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 285.
  • Victorian Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours, Sotheby's London, 8-9 June 1993.
Portrait of a Lady
Copyright: ©Private Collection/Bridgeman Art Library

Reproductions

  1. image

    Victorian Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours, Sotheby's London, 8-9 June 1993.
  2. image

    Benedetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 285.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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