La Bella Mano Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 © Delaware Art Museum, Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial La Bella Mano DGR 1875 Royal Academy, 1883, #307. Murray Marks February 15, 1875 £1,050 Bancroft Collection, Wilmington Society of Fine Arts, Delaware £2,205 Murray Marks; F.S. Ellis; Sold for £865 at the May 16, 1885, Christie's auction (no. 90); Sir Cuthbert Quilter, Bart.; Sold for £2,205 at the Quilter Sale, Christie's July 9, 1909 (no. 79) oil 62 x 42 in. D.G. Rossetti 1875 Angeli, DGR con 107 illustrazioni , 143. Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 2, plate 341. Marillier, <hi rend="i">DGR: An Illustrated Memorial</hi> , facing 184. <hi rend="i">Masterpieces of DGR</hi> (Gowans and Gray), 54. Radford, <hi rend="i">Dante Gabriel Rossetti</hi> , 46. Hollyer print, Delaware Art Museum, Bancroft Collection. Alexa Wilding Alexa Wilding sat for the principal figure May Morris It is likely that May Morris sat for the angel holding the tray. DGR painted out a blue jar Marks had provided for the painting. Commentary
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Angeli, DGR con 107 illustrazioni , 143. Marillier, <hi rend="i">DGR: An Illustrated Memorial</hi> , 131, 184-86, 197. <hi rend="i">Masterpieces of DGR</hi> (Gowans and Gray), 54. Radford, <hi rend="i">Dante Gabriel Rossetti</hi> , 46. Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 1, 138 (no. 240). Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 2, plate 341.