Lucretia Borgia Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 Lucretia Borgia DGR 1860-1 destroyed; painted over by DGR watercolour 16 1/2 x 9 1/2 Marillier, <hi rend="i">DGR: An Illustrated Memorial</hi> , 105. <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>This is the first full-length portrait of Lucrezia Borgia by DGR, done almost a decade after painting the <xref doc="a.s48.raw">Borgia</xref> series. In this version, which was heavily overpainted to make the <xref doc="a.s124.rap">final version</xref>, Lucrezia is shown in a stiff pose, with brown hair rather than blonde. Along the base of the painting, DGR included a cartellino identifying Lucrezia as the wife of Alphonso, Duke of Bisceglia.</p> </section> <section type="prodhist"> <head>Production History</head> <p/> </section> <section type="recepthist"> <head>Reception</head> <p/> </section> <section type="icon"> <head>Iconograpic</head> <p/> </section> <section type="pictorial"> <head>Pictorial</head> <p/> </section> <section type="historical"> <head>Historical</head> <p/> </section> <section type="literary"> <head>Literary</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="77" workcode="s124" to="78"> <title level="bk"> <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 1, 77-78. Marillier, <hi rend="i">DGR: An Illustrated Memorial</hi> , 105.

Dom. Lucretiam de stirpe Borgia Alphonsi Ducis Biscelliae uxorem aetate xxiv sua anno MD Dantes Gabrieles Rossetti pinx.

This text, transcribed by Marillier, is written on a banner at the base of the picture.