Copyright: Courtesy of Peter Nahum at Leicester Galleries: www.leicestergalleries.com
Venus Verticordia (replica)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1868
Physical Description
Medium: watercolour
Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 23 in.
Signature: monogram
Date on Image: 1868
Note: The monogram and date are inscribed at lower left.
Production Description
Production Date: 1868
Exhibition History: R.A. 1883 (no.305); New Gallery 1897 (no.66)
Patron: William Graham
Date Commissioned: 1868
Original Cost: £300
Note:
Surtees cites DGR's record of a sale on March 17th, 1868, noting that a Mr. Hamilton purchased this work for the above amount, and
assumes that the sale was made for Graham.
Model: Alexa Wilding
Provenance
Current Location: Private Collection
Archival History: William Graham; Christie's April 3,
1886 (lot 112), £325; Amy Muir Mackenzie, his
daughter; By descent to Mrs. Mark Hambourg; Lefevre Gallery;
David Hughes; Stone Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne 1966; Private Collection
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
s173.r-2.rap.xml
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This is the last of the three watercolour replicas done by DGR after the oil painting .
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