Paolo and Francesca da Rimini Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 ©Tate Gallery, London 2001 Paolo and Francesca da Rimini DGR 1855 B.F.A.C., 1883 (no.13); Birmingham 1947 (no.101); Whitechapel 1948 (no.66); Leicester 1968 (no.36); Paris 1972 (no.228); R.A., 1973 (no.94); Rotterdam–Paris 1976 (no.200); Tate 1984 (no.215); Torre de' Passeri (Pescara) 1984 Ellen Heaton 1855 35 guineas Tate Gallery 3056 John Ruskin; William Morris; George Rae; Tate Gallery 1916 watercolour 9 3/4 x 17 1/2 in. Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 2, plate 87. Stephens, <hi rend="i">Dante Gabriel Rossetti</hi> , 59. <artist/> <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 the double work, <xref doc="a.7-1878.s75.raw"> <title level="pic"> <hi rend="i">Francesca da Rimini</hi> .

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Fontana, “Representations of the Kiss,” 80-88. Stephens, <hi rend="i">Dante Gabriel Rossetti</hi> , 59. Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 1, 36-37 (no. 75). Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 2, plate 87. <hi rend="i"> The Age of Rossetti, Burne–Jones, and Watts</hi> [Tate 1997], 134 (no. 30).

‘Quanti dolci pensier Quanto disio’ This quotation is inscribed along the bottom of the left panel. ‘O lasso!’ This quotation is inscribed between the heads of Virgil and Dante at the top of the central panel. ‘Menó costoro al doloroso passo’ This quotation is inscribed along the bottom of the right panel.