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This is a study for the 1860 watercolour which is in a private collection. It illustrates an episode from the story 'St Agnes of Intercession', by Rossetti, published in the Pre-Raphaelite magazine, The Germ. An etching by Millais of the same subject was intended to accompany Rossetti's story in The Germ.
- Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1903.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
Association |
Artist |
Organisation |
Artist |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
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Exhibitions
Catalogue No. |
Venue |
Date(s) |
Some Pre-Raphaelite Paintings and Drawings |
- |
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth |
1955-07 - 1955-10 |
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Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea |
- - - |
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Paintings of Poets, Poems of Painters |
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Art Society of St Gallen |
1957 - 1957 |
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Painter and Poet |
64 |
Royal Academy of Arts, London |
1973 - 1973 |
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Heaven on Earth: the Religion of Beauty in Late Victorian Art |
51 |
Djanogly Art Gallery, University of Nottingham |
1994-10-07 - 1994-11-27 |
51 |
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
Oct. 2003 - Jan.2004 |
51 |
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam |
Feb.2004 - April. 2004 |
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
59 |
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
2003-10-16 - 2004-01-18 |
59 |
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam |
2004-02-27 - 2004-06-06 |
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Literature
Author(s) |
Date(s) |
Publisher |
Pages |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti as Designer and Writer |
William Michael Rossetti |
1889 |
Cassell, London |
p. 131. |
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti: an Illustrated Memorial of his Art and Life |
H C Marillier |
1899 |
George Bell and Sons, London |
p. 103. |
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City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings |
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1939 |
Bemrose & Sons, Ltd., Derby |
p. 324 |
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Pre-Raphaelite Drawings |
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1947 |
Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London |
p. 7 |
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828-1882, The Paintings and Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonne |
Virginia Surtees |
1971 |
Oxford University Press, London |
vol. 1, no. 121b, p. 76; vol. 2, pl. 185. |
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Pre-Raphaelite Drawings: Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
Andrea Rose |
1977 |
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London |
no. 1E3. |
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The Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood |
Jan Marsh |
1985 |
Quarter Books, London |
p. 182. |
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Heaven on Earth: the Religion of Beauty in Late Victorian Art |
Gail-Nina Anderson |
1994 |
Lund Humphries, London |
p. 102. |
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
Edwin Becker, Elizabeth Prettejohn, Julian Treuherz |
2003 |
Waanders, Zwolle |
p. 166. |
Provenance
Rossetti Sale, 1883 (lot 63), bought by Charles Fairfax Murray £16.16s |
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