The Sermon on the Mount

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1862

Physical Description

Medium: pencil and wash on tracing paper
Dimensions: 88.3 cm x 63.3 cm

Production Description

Production Date: 1862
Intended Context: The window for which this is a design was made for the Church of All Saints in Selsey, Gloucestershire.
Model: William Morris
Note: William Morris posed for St. Peter.
Model: Jane Morris
Note: Jane Morris posed for the Virgin Mary.

Provenance

Current Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Catalog Number: E.2916-1927
Archival History: J. R. Holliday; bequeathed to the Victoria and Albert Museum

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

This drawing is a tracing of Rossetti's working cartoon.

Bibliography

The Sermon on the Mount
Copyright: © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
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