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Roman Widow

Alternately titled: Dîs Manibus

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1874

Physical Description

Medium: oil
Dimensions: 41 1/2 x 36 1/2 in.
Signature: D.G. Rossetti
Date on Image: 1874
Note: Signature and date are in the lower left corner.

Production Description

Production Date: 1874
Exhibition History: R.A. 1883, (no. 317)
Model: Alexa Wilding

Provenance

Current Location: Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico
Catalog Number: 60. 0149
Archival History: F.R. Leyland; Leyland Sale, Christie's 1892, (no. 53); Thomas Brocklebank; Fred H. Reeves; Christie's 1938, (no. 18); R. MacConnal; Christie's 1955 (no. 75); Leger Galleries

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

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Bibliography

Roman Widow
Copyright: © Coll. Museo de Arte de Ponce, The Luis A. Ferre Foundation, Inc., Ponce, Puerto Rico

Included Text

DIS MANIBUS

L. ÆLIO AQUINO

MARITO CARISSIMO

PAPIRIA GEMINA

FECIT

AVE DOMINE VALE DOMINE
Note: This inscription is on the urn behind the figure.

Reproductions

  1. image

    Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 337.
  2. image

    Marillier, DGR: An Illustrated Memorial , facing page 177.
  3. image

    Masterpieces of DGR (Gowans and Gray), 52.
  4. image

    Radford, Dante Gabriel Rossetti , 43.
  5. image

    Delaware Art Museum print.
  6. image

    Delaware Art Museum print.
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