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Drapery Study (Study for Paolo and Francesca da Rimini)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1870 (circa)
Physical Description
Medium: pencil
Dimensions: 6 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.
Production Description
Production Date: 1870 (circa)
Provenance
Current Location: Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery
Catalog Number: 326'04
Archival History: Fanny Cornforth; Fairfax Murray; Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery
Reproductions
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Surtees, A Catalogue Raisonné , vol. 2, plate 502.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
Although Surtees titles the sketch “Drapery study,” she comes closer to the truth when she describes the object as a “Dantesque cloak.” In fact, the sketch is undoubtedly a study for Virgil in DGR's first watercolor replica of Paolo and Francesca da Rimini .
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