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Beatrice Meeting Dante at a Marriage Feast, Denies him her Salutation

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1851

Physical Description

Medium: watercolour
Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.

Production Description

Production Date: 1851
Exhibition History: Gambart, French Gallery 1952 (no.196); Old Water–colour Society, 121 Pall Mall, Exhibition of Sketches and Drawings, Winter 1852; B.F.A.C., 1883 (no.6), date incorrectly; New Gallery 1897 (no.43); Bradford, Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1904 (no.92); Rome, International Fine Arts, 1911; Tate 1923 (no.1); R.A., 1973 (no.87); Tate 1984 (no.176)
Original Cost: About £10
Model: Elizabeth Siddal
Note: Elizabaeth Siddal is recognizable as Beatrice.

Provenance

Current Location: Mrs. David Sells
Archival History: H.T. Wells; Mrs. Ernest Charrington (later Mrs. Hadley); Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Charrington; Mrs. David Sells

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

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Bibliography

  • Angeli, DGR con 107 illustrazioni , 19.
  • Benedetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 172-173.
  • Powell, “Object, Symbol, and Metaphor,” 16-29.
  • Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 1, 17 (no. 50).
  • Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 2, plate 33.

Reproductions

  1. image

    Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 2, plate 33.
  2. image

    Benedetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 172-173.
  3. image

    Angeli, DGR con 107 illustrazioni , 19.
  4. image

    Delaware Art Museum, Copley print.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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