Copyright: ©Royal Institute of British Architects, Drawings Collection
The First Anniversary of the Death of Beatrice
Alternately titled: Dante drawing the Angel
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1848 September
Physical Description
Medium: pen and ink and pencil
Dimensions: 11 x 9 1/8 in.
Signature: G.C.D.R.
Date on Image: Sept. 1848
Note: The date and monogram are inscribed at lower right.
Production Description
Production Date: 1848 September
Original Cost: gift
Provenance
Current Location: RIBA Drawings Collection, 21 Portman Square, London W1H 6LP
Catalog Number: 1963.15
Reproductions
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Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 28.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
s42b.rap.xml
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
“Perhaps the first drawing for the subject; the grouping is essentially the same though the male figure on the extreme left and many of the accessories have not yet been introduced. The head and shoulders of Dante are much rubbed; also part of his clothing” (Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 1, 12 (no. 42B)). A sketch, or combination of sketches as the case may be, appears on the verso.
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