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Joan of Arc

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1882

Physical Description

Medium: oil on panel

Dimensions: 20 1/2 x 18 in.

Signature: DGR

Date on Image: 1882

Note: The monogram and date appear at upper right.

Production Description

Production Date: 1882

Exhibition History: B.F.A.C., 1883 (no.93).

Patron: Valpy

Model: Jane Burden Morris

Note: The features resemble those of Mrs. Morris.

Provenance

Current Location: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Catalog Number: 685

Archival History: Rossetti Sale (lot 107), £367. 10 s; L. R. Valpy; Christie's Valpy sale May 26, 1883 (lot 100), £94. 10 s; F. S. Ellis; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge by anonymous donation 1939

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

Commentary is not yet available for this image.

Autobiographical

This was the last painting that DGR worked on while he was staying at Burchington-on-Sea in 1882; he died a few days afterwards.

Bibliography

Gowans and Gray, Masterpieces of Rossetti , 64.
Marillier, DGR: An Illustrated Memorial , 125, 184, 199.
WMR, DGR as Designer and Writer , 106, 118.
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 1, 92 (no. 162.R.3).

Included Text

Jehane la Pucelle.

Note: These words are inscribed at upper left.

Reproductions

Gowans and Gray, Masterpieces of Rossetti , 64.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1

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