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Mary in the House of St. John

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1858

Physical Description

Medium: pencil

Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 12 1/8 in.

Production Description

Production Date: 1858

Model: Ruth Herbert

Note: Ruth Herbert modelled for the Virgin.

Provenance

Current Location: Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery

Catalog Number: 487'04

Archival History: Sold at the Rossetti Sale (lot 126) for £8. 8 s; Bought from the Fine Arts Society by Fairfax Murray; Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

This is a late study for the watercolour executed in 1858. There were early studies done around 1853 but they have not been traced.

Bibliography

Elzea, Bancroft and Related Pre-Raphaelite Collections, 106-107.
Grieve, Art of DGR: Watercolors and Drawings, 33-35.
Marillier, An Illustrated Memorial , 99-100.
Sharp, DGR: A Record and a Study, 162-163.
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 1, 65-67 (no. 110A).
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 155.

Reproductions

Marillier, DGR: An Illustrated Memorial , 98.
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 155.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1

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