La Bella Mano

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1877 (circa)

Physical Description

Medium: black, brown and green chalks
Dimensions: 51 x 30 in.
Signature: monogram
Date on Image: 1877

Production Description

Production Date: 1877 (circa)
Patron: Valpy?

Provenance

Current Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Catalog Number: E. 490-1951
Purchase Price: donation
Archival History: L.R. Valpy; Surtees presumes that Valpy returned the item to DGR because he found this nude study of two males distasteful (see Fredeman, Correspondence, 78.223); sold at the Rossetti Sale, 1883, for £50. 8 s (no. 49); Paton; given to the Victorial and Albert Museum in memory of Alexander Allan Paton, by his sister Mary

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La Bella Mano
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