Mary Magdalene at the Door of Simon the Pharisee, study

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1858 (circa)

Physical Description

Medium: pencil with chalk highlighting on lined note paper
Dimensions: 22 x 18.1 cm
Note: WMR (verso): “By Gabriel-c. 1865—This is evidently a sketch of the Magdalen subject done I suppose either to give some one else an idea of the composition or rather to try an alteration.” He adds, in reference to an image on the reverse side of the paper: “The sketch over-page might perhaps be a Cassandra, or else another Magdalen.”

Production Description

Production Date: 1858 (circa)

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