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Beatrice Meeting Dante at a Marriage Feast, Denies him her Salutation (pencil study)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1851 (circa)

Physical Description

Medium: pencil
Dimensions: 7 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.
Note: An inscription by Fairfax Murray appears on verso: “Must be a preparatory sketch for the water–colour Beatrice, meeting Dante at a Wedding feast, denies him her salutation, exhibited c. 1852. Wells, R.A. (W. M. R.), owns the water–colour. The figures in the water–colour are quite different, but no doubt this is a design for the subject. C. F. M.”

Production Description

Production Date: 1851 (circa)
Exhibition History: Birmingham 1947 (no.197)

Provenance

Current Location: Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery
Catalog Number: 296'04
Archival History: Fanny Cornforth; Fairfax Murray

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

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Bibliography

  • Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 1, 17 (no. 50A).
  • Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 2, plate 34.
Beatrice Meeting Dante at a Marriage Feast, Denies him her Salutation (pencil study)
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