Desdemona's Death–Song (chalk study)Dante Gabriel Rossetti1Desdemona's Death–Song (chalk study)DGR1879-81 (circa)Hampshire House Social Club, Hammersmith, 1909 (no.197); University of Kansas
Museum of Art, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his Circle, 1958; Indianapolis and Huntington Hartford 1964 (no.72); R.A., Pre-Raphaelites and
Other Masters, 2003.Collection of Lord Andrew Lloyd–WebberRossetti Sale (lot 15); P.A. Daniel; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Wittman; Lord Andrew Lloyd–Webberblack chalk on pale–green paper23 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 2, plate 379.
Commentary
Introduction
This drawing is a study for the design that DGR projected sometime around 1878-1881.
Production History
Reception
Iconograpic
Pictorial
Historical
Literary
Autobiographical
Bibliographic
Benedetti, Maria Teresa. Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 333.Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 1, 150 (no. 254A).Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 2, plate 379.