Proserpine (sixth version) Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 Proserpine (sixth version) DGR 1877 Manchester, Royal Institution, Art Treasures Exhibtion, 1878; Manchester, Royal Institution, 1882, no. 250; B.F.A.C., 1883, no. 86; Manchester, Royal Jubilee, 1887, no. 699; Guildhall, 1895, no. 48; New Gallery, 1897, no. 21; Dublin, Irish International Exhibition, 1907 L. S. Lowry, R. A. W.A. Turner; Turner Sale, Christie's April 28, 1888 (no. 116); Charles Butler; by descent to his grandson, Charles Butler; Christie's November 20, 1964 (no. 25) oil 46 x 22 in. Dante Gabriele Rossetti 1877 Signature and date appear on a scroll in the lower left: “Dante Gabriele Rossetti ritrasse nel capo d'anno del 1877”. Angeli, DGR con 107 illustrazioni , 27. Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 2, no. 331. Marillier, <hi rend="i">DGR: An Illustrated Memorial</hi> , facing page 174. <hi rend="i">Masterpieces of Rossetti</hi> (Gowans and Gray), 50. F. G. Stephens, <hi rend="i">Dante Gabriel Rossetti</hi> , 80a. Delaware Art Museum print. Delaware Art Museum print. Jane Burden Morris <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>Of the eight known versions of <xref doc="a.1-1872.s233.raw"> <title level="pic">Proserpine , this is the sixth. This painting was begun in October or November of 1873, to replace the previous version, which had been damaged during the lining process. When sent to Frederic Leyland in Liverpool in December of that same year, it too was disfigured during transportation and returned to the artist (Fredeman, <hi rend="i">Correspondence</hi> , 74.4). The head and hands were cut out and patched onto a new canvas, and the rest of the picture repainted. DGR then redated the work to 1877 and sold it to W.A. Turner.

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Angeli, DGR con 107 illustrazioni , 27. Fredeman, <hi rend="i">Correspondence</hi> , 74.4, 74.23, 74.46, 74.47, 77.86, 77.111. <hi rend="i">Masterpieces of Rossetti</hi> (Gowans and Gray), 50. Marillier, <hi rend="i">An Illustrated Memorial</hi> , vii, 63, 141, 164, 169-170, 172-175, 184, 186, 195, 199. F. G. Stephens, <hi rend="i">Dante Gabriel Rossetti</hi> , 79-81. Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 1, 131-132 (no. 233). Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 2, no. 331. <hi rend="i">The Age of Rossetti, Burne–Jones, and Watts, </hi> [Tate 1997], 159 (no. 46).

Lungi è la luce che in sù questo muro Rifrange appena, un breve istante scorta Del rio palazzo alla soprana porta. Lungi quei fiori d'Enna, O lido oscuro, Dal frutto tuo fatal che omai m'è duro. Lungi quel cielo dal tartareo manto Che quì mi cuopre: e lungi ahi lungi ahi quanto Le notti che saràn dai dì che furo. Lungi da me mi sento; e ognor sognando Cerco e ricerco, e resto ascoltatrice; E qualche cuore a qualche anima dice, (Di cui mi giunge il suon da quando in quando, Continuamente insieme sospirando,)— “Oimè per te, Proserpina infelice!” Poem appears in the upper right corner of the painting.