The Boat of Love - Compositional Study
1855
Accession number: 1904P291
Pencil on paper.
Width: 197 mm
Height: 278 mm
Information
A study for the unfinished oil painting The Boat of Love (1874-81), which is in Birmingham's collection.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guido vorrei che tu e Lapo edio | ||||
| - | top left | Handwritten | - | Pencil |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Alighieri | |||
| - | Rome | 1965 - 1965 | |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti | |||
| 78 | Casa di Dante, Abruzzo, Castello Gizzi, Torre de' Passeri, Pescara, Italy | 1984-09-16 - 1984-10-31 | |
| 78 | Accademia di Belle Arti di, Brera, Milan | 1984-11-09 - 1985-01-13 | |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Painter and Poet | |||
| 349 | Royal Academy of Arts, London | 1973-01-13 - 1973-03-11 | |
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 | pp. 150-51. |
| City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings | |||
| A E Whitley | 1939 | Bemrose & Sons, Ltd., Derby | p. 342. |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828-1882, The Paintings and Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonne | |||
| Virginia Surtees | 1971 | Oxford University Press, London | vol. 1, no. 239B, p. 137; vol. 2, pl. 345. |
| Pre-Raphaelite Drawings: Dante Gabriel Rossetti | |||
| Andrea Rose | 1977 | The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London | no. 2A5. |
Provenance
| William Michael Rossetti, Charles Fairfax Murray |
Associated people
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Dante | Author |
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