Beatrice Meeting Dante at a Marriage Feast, Denies him her Salutation - Study for Dante and his Friend, Cavalcanti
1851
Accession number: 1904P296
Soft pencil on paper.
Width: 80 mm
Height: 180 mm
Information
This is a study for the painting Beatrice Meeting Dante at a Marriage Feast, Denies him her Salutation of 1850 (Private Collection). The subect is taken from Vita Nuova. Elizabeth Siddal appears to be the model for Beatrice in this sketch.
- Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1903.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Dante Gabriel Rossetti | - |
Inscriptions
| Type | Position(s) | Method | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Must be a prepatory sketch for the water-colour "Beatrice meeting Dante at a Wedding feast, denies him her Salutation", exhibited c. 1852. Wells, R.A. (W. M. R.) owns the water-colour. The figures in the water-colour are quite different, but no doubt this is a design for the subject. C. F. M. | ||||
| Notes | reverse | Handwritten | - | Pencil |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood | |||
| 197 | City Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham | 1947-06-07 - 1947-07-27 | |
| Dante Alighieri | |||
| - | Rome | 1965 - 1965 | |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti | |||
| 6 | Casa di Dante, Abruzzo, Castello Gizzi, Torre de' Passeri, Pescara, Italy | 1984-09-16 - 1984-10-31 | |
| 6 | Accademia di Belle Arti di, Brera, Milan | 1984-11-09 - 1985-01-13 | |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronological List, with notes, of Paintings and Drawings from Dante by Dante Gabriel Rossetti | |||
| Paget Jackson Toynbee | 1912 | Fratelli Bocca, Turin | p. 138. |
| City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings | |||
| A E Whitley | 1939 | Bemrose & Sons, Ltd., Derby | p. 341. |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828-1882, The Paintings and Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonne | |||
| Virginia Surtees | 1971 | Oxford University Press, London | vol. 1, no. 50A, p. 17; vol. 2, pl. 34. |
| Pre-Raphaelite Drawings: Dante Gabriel Rossetti | |||
| Andrea Rose | 1977 | The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London | no. 2A1. |
Provenance
| Fanny Cornforth, Charles Fairfax Murray |
Associated people
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Dante | Author |
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