Copyright: Mallett Gallery London, UK/Bridgeman Art Library
Study for the Head of a Child Angel in the Blessed Damozel
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1876 August
Physical Description
Medium: black chalk on pale bluish paper
Dimensions: 20 x 19 1/2 inches (51 x 49.5 cm)
Production Description
Production Date: 1876 August
Note: WMR notes that an anonymous workhouse infant was the model for this
image.
Provenance
Current Location: Mrs. O'Connor
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
sa183.s244.rap.xml
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This is one of two studies of a child-angel for the Blessed Damozel taken from a workhouse infant while Rossetti was a guest at Cooper Temples's house in the Broadlands. The other drawing is now in a private collection.
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