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Astarte Syriaca (study of two hands)

Alternately titled: Venus Astarte (study of two hands)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1876-77 (circa)

Physical Description

Medium: black chalk

Dimensions: 16 x 9 1/2 in.

Note: WMR's inscription on the mount reads: “By Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Study of Hands for the Attendant Spirit in the Picture of Venus Astarte. To Kendrick Pyne. W. M. Rossetti. March 1883.”

Production Description

Production Date: 1876-77 (circa)

Provenance

Current Location: Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester University

Catalog Number: 1637

Archival History: WMR; Kendrick Pyne; Mrs. J. Hilditch Matthews; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester University

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

Commentary is not yet available for this image.

Bibliography

Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 1, 147 (no. 249G).
Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 374.

Reproductions

Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 374.

Electronic Archive Edition: 1

File Name: s249g.rap.xml