Copyright: ©Private Collection, Fine Art Society London/Bridgeman Art Library
Dante's Dream (Study for Love)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1874
Physical Description
Medium: black and red crayon on green paper
Dimensions: 58.4 x 36.8 cm
Production Description
Production Date: 1874
Provenance
Current Location: Private Collection
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
sa834.s81.rap.xml
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This drawing, unrecorded by Surtees, seems to be a preliminary study for the later, independent chalk drawing, “Io sono in pace” completed in 1875. Thematically related to Dante's Dream, this work depicts only the two central characters of the story, Beatrice and Love.