Astarte Syriaca (studies for heads)
Alternately titled: Venus Astarte (studies for heads)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1875 (circa)
Physical Description
Medium: probably charcoal
Dimensions: unknown
Production Description
Production Date: 1875 (circa)
Exhibition History: New Gallery, 1897 (no.72)
Provenance
Current Location: unknown
Archival History: Rossetti sale (lot 18), £37. 16
s.; Lord Battersea; Christie's sale Mary 15, 1935 (lot 35), £26. 5
s.; R. E. A Wilson
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
s249d.rap.xml
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
In the Rossetti sale description, the drawing is described as a set of studies for the heads of Venus and the two attendant spirits.
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