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Bocca Baciata

Alternately titled: La Bionda del Balcone

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1868

Physical Description

Medium: watercolour
Dimensions: 17 3/4 x 14 7/8 in.
Signature: monogram
Date on Image: 1868
Note: Monogram and date in lower left corner.

Production Description

Production Date: 1868
Exhibition History: B.F.A.C., 1883 (no.144); Indianapolis and Huntington Hartford, 1964 (no.67) (repro.); Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester
Original Cost: WMR reports that Bowman bought the item for 150 guineas.
Model: Fanny Cornforth
Note: Fanny Cornforth was originally the model for the picture. Her likeness is no longer visible in the repaint.
Repainting: April 1877
Bowman reported a change in pigmentation to DGR, who then decided to repaint the face.

Provenance

Current Location: Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY
Archival History: Sir William Bowman, Bart.; William Alwyn bought the item at the Sotheby's auction of June 10, 1953 for £105; Later sold for £150 (lot 102) of the Sotheby's Alwyn Sale of November 14, 1962; Leger Galleries; Coats Gallery, New York; Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester

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Bibliography

Bocca Baciata
Copyright: ©Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester: Marion Stratton Gould Fund. Photo Credit: James Via.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name: s114.r-1.rap.xml