Ecce Ancilla Domini - Female Nude - Study for The Virgin
1849
Accession number: 1904P290
Pencil on pale blue paper.
Width: 98
Height: 177
Information
Study for the oil of Ecce Ancilla Domini! (The Annunciation) of 1849-50 in Tate, London though as a nude drawing it would seem to come before the draped drawing also in Tate. On the verso is a sketch for the decorative design on the wall of Return of Tibullus to Delia.
- Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1903.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Dante Gabriel Rossetti | - |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti | |||
| 8 | Ramsgate Art Gallery (Kent County Council Libraries and Museums Service) | 1988-04-09 - 1988-05-14 | |
| 8 | National Portrait Gallery, London | 18/11/1994 - 12/02/1995 | |
| Christina Rossetti: 1830-1894 | |||
| no cat. | National Portrait Gallery, London | 1994-11-18 - 1995-02-12 | |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings | |||
| A E Whitley | 1939 | Bemrose & Sons, Ltd., Derby | p. 312. |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828-1882, The Paintings and Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonne | |||
| Virginia Surtees | 1971 | Oxford University Press, London | Recto: vol. 1, no. 44B, p. 14; vol. 2, pl. 30; Verso: vol. 1, no. 62H, p. 25. |
| Pre-Raphaelite Drawings: Dante Gabriel Rossetti | |||
| Andrea Rose | 1977 | The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London | no. 1A9. |
Provenance
| Fanny Cornforth, Charles Fairfax Murray |
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