Venus Verticordia (sketch of head and bust)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1863 (circa)

Physical Description

Medium: pencil
Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.

Production Description

Production Date: 1863 (circa)

Provenance

Current Location: Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery
Catalog Number: 333'04
Archival History: Fanny Cornforth; Fairfax Murray; Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

This is a finished study for the main figure of the painting. It is preliminary to the finished study for the painting as a whole.

Bibliography

Venus Verticordia (sketch of head and bust)
Copyright: ©Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery

Reproductions

  1. image

    Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , plate 251.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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