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Fiammetta

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1866

Physical Description

Medium: oil
Dimensions: 12 7/8 x 11 1/2 in.
Signature: monogram
Note: The monogram is inscribed at lower right.

Production Description

Production Date: 1866
Exhibition History: Leicester Galleries, Victorian Romantics, 1949 (no.81)

Provenance

Current Location: Mrs. Patrick Gibson
Archival History: Perhaps E. Gambart 1870 (circa); C.H. Palmer; J. Graham; Leicester Galleries 1949; Agnew; Lord Nathan 1950; Agnew 1966; Mrs. Patrick Gibson

Scholarly Commentary

Production History

“According to W.M. Rossetti, the head of the present painting was cut out from the 1849 (destroyed) canvas of 'Hist!," said Kate the Queen , and repainted” ( Surtees 111).

Bibliography

Reproductions

  1. image

    Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 282.
  2. image

    Benedetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 260.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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