Unidentified Portrait
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1865
Physical Description
Medium: pencil
Dimensions: 15 3/8 x 10 1/2 in.
Signature: monogram
Date on Image: 1865
Note: The monogram and date are inscribed at left.
Production Description
Production Date: 1865
Provenance
Current Location: Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery
Catalog Number: 59'31
Purchase Price: bequest
Archival History: J.R. Holliday Bequest in 1927 to the Museum.
Reproductions
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Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 2, plate 430.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
s554.rap.xml
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
According to Surtees, this may be a discarded study for The Beloved . Compositionally, it bears a resemblance to a study for a bridesmaid in the painting.
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