Study of Man and Woman in Medieval Costume Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 1846-1847 (circa)
<artist/> <location/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnpictorial> <citnmythic> <name/> <culture/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnmythic> <citnhistorical> <event/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnhistorical> <citnautobiographical> <name/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnautobiographical> <citnscenic> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnscenic> </listcitn> </source> <commentaries> <head>Commentary</head> <section type="intro"> <head>Introduction</head> <p>See commentary for a <xref doc="a.s616.raw">related</xref> early draughtsmanship study. DGR's interest in capturing theatrical poses and pictorial moments is very clear. In this respect, the influence of his juvenile drawings of puppet theatre figures continues in modified forms.</p> </section> <section type="texthistcomp"> <head>Textual History: Composition</head> <p/> </section> <section type="texthistrev"> <head>Textual History: Revision</head> <p/> </section> <section type="prodhist"> <head>Production History</head> <p/> </section> <section type="recepthist"> <head>Reception</head> <p/> </section> <section type="icon"> <head>Iconographic</head> <p/> </section> <section type="pictorial"> <head>Pictorial</head> <p>It has been suggested that the pair might be a study on the theme of the Borgias. See DGR's 1850 Borgia <xref doc="a.s47.raw">drawing</xref> and a possibly related <xref doc="a.s674.raw">study</xref> of the same year.</p> </section> <section type="historical"> <head>Historical</head> <p/> </section> <section type="literary"> <head>Literary</head> <p/> </section> <section type="translation"> <head>Translation</head> <p/> </section> <section type="autobio"> <head>Autobiographical</head> <p/> </section> <section type="biblio"> <head>Bibliographic</head> <p> <bibl> <author>Surtees</author>, <xref doc="a.n6797.r58s9.vol1.rad" from="218" workcode="s661" link="dead"> <title level="bk"> <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 1, 218-19 (no. 661).

Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery drawing Study of Man and Woman in Medieval Costume DGR 1846–1847 (circa) pen and brown ink and slight ink wash 1