Monna Rosa Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 Monna Rosa DGR 1867 Private collection F.R. Leyland; Sold at Leyland Sale at Christie's on May 28, 1892, (no. 57) for £462; John Bibby; F.D. Leyland; Major F. Leyland (the sitter's great grandson); Sold at Sotheby's on Nov. 24, 1965, (no. 145) for £1800 oil on panel 27 x 21 in. monogram 1867 Monogram and date are in the lower right corner. Gowans and Gray, Masterpieces of DGR , 40. Marillier, DGR: An Illustrated Memorial, 147. Phythian, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Radford, Dante Gabriel Rossetti , 30. Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 289. Frances Dawson Leyland <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/> </section> <section type="prodhist"> <head>Production History</head> <p>This painting is not related to the <xref doc="a.s153.rap" workcode="s153">1862 portrait</xref> of Mrs. F.R. Leyland by the same name, discussed as no. 153 in Surtees' <xref doc="a.n6797.r58s9.vol1.rad" workcode="s198" from="113-14"> <title level="bk"> <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> (vol. 1, 88).

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Fredeman, <hi rend="i">Correspondence</hi> , 67.85. Gowans and Gray, <hi rend="i">Masterpieces of DGR</hi> , 40. Marillier, <hi rend="i">DGR: An Illustrated Memorial</hi> , 147. Phythian <hi rend="i">Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood</hi> , 35 Radford, <hi rend="i">Dante Gabriel Rossetti</hi> , 30. Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 1, 113-114 (no. 198). Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 2, plate 289.