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Dante's Dream at the Time of the Death of Beatrice (large replica)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Medium: oil

Dimensions: 83 x 125 in.

Signature: signature

Note: The signature is inscribed at lower right.

Production Date: 1871

Exhibition History: R.A., 1883; Port Sunlight 1948 (no.170)

Patron: William Graham

Note: Graham returned the item to DGR as the finished work was too large for his requirements.

Model: Mrs. William Morris

Note: Mrs. Morris sat for Beatrice.

Model: Edward Hughes

Note: Hughes originally sat for Love, but his face was discarded as too classical.

Model: Johnston Forbes–Robertson

Note: Forbes–Robertson sat for Love.

Model: W. J. Stillman

Note: Dante's head was probably taken from Stillman.

Model: Charles Augustus Howell

Note: Some sources assert that Dante's head was taken from Howell.

Model: Alexa Wilding

Note: Alexa Wilding posed for the left attendant

Model: Marie Spartali Stillman

Note: Mrs. Stillman posed for the right attendant

Current Location: Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Catalog Number: 3091

Archival History: William Graham; Returned DGR; L.R. Valpy; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

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