The Salutation of Beatrice (design) Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 © President and Fellows of Harvard College, Harvard University The Salutation of Beatrice (design) DGR 1849-1850 B.F.A.C., 1883 (no.33); Fogg, Blake to Beardsley, 1944 (no.69); Fogg, 1946 (no.63) Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University 1943.739 George Rae; Viscount Leverhulme; Sold at Leverhulme Sale at Anderson Galleries in New York on March 4, 1926 (lot 272); Grenville L. Winthrop Bequest; Fogg Museum and Art Gallery, Harvard University pen and ink 14 1/8 x 26 1/8 in. monogram Left: 1849; Right: 1850 Right compartment: monogram and date lower right corner. Left compartment: monogram and date lower right corner. Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 2, plate 173. <artist/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnpictorial> <citnmythic> <name/> <culture/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnmythic> <citnhistorical> <event/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnhistorical> <citnautobiographical> <name/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnautobiographical> <citnscenic> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnscenic> </listcitn> </source> <commentaries> <head>Commentary</head> <section type="intro"> <head>Introduction</head> <p>Commentary is not yet available for this image.</p> </section> <section type="prodhist"> <head>Production History</head> <p/> </section> <section type="recepthist"> <head>Reception</head> <p/> </section> <section type="icon"> <head>Iconographic</head> <p/> </section> <section type="pictorial"> <head>Pictorial</head> <p/> </section> <section type="historical"> <head>Historical</head> <p/> </section> <section type="literary"> <head>Literary</head> <p/> </section> <section type="autobio"> <head>Autobiographical</head> <p/> </section> <section type="biblio"> <head>Bibliographic</head> <p> <bibl> <author>Marillier</author>, <xref doc="a.nd497.r8.m33.rad" workcode="s116" from="24" to="25"> <title level="bk"> <hi rend="i">DGR: An Illustrated Memorial</hi> , 24-25, 234. Powell, “Object, Symbol, and Metaphor” , 16-29. Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 1, 71 (no. 116A). Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 2, plate 173. Weinberg, “ DGR's ‘Salutation of Beatrice’ and Bonnard's ‘Costumes Historiques’ ,” 622-623.

Inscription written below left compartment reads: ‘E cui saluta fa tremar lo core.’ Inscription below right compartment reads: ‘Guardami ben; ben son, ben son Beatrice.’ Inscription over the head of Love reads: ‘9 Guigno, 1290.’ Above reads: ‘Ita n'e Beatrice in alto ciel.’ Inscription beneath the feet reads: ‘Ed ha lasciato Amor meco dolente.’ Title beneath reads: ‘IL SALUTO DI BEATRICE’.