Dantis Amor - Study of Love with a Sundial and Torch
1860
Accession number: 1904P386
Pencil and brown ink on paper.
Width: 127 mm
Height: 320 mm
Information
The composition is set within a medieval shield-like format with a sundial showing 9 o'clock, the time of Beatrice's death.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IX Jun: MCCXC / Quomodo Sedet Sola Civitas | ||||
| - | - | - | - | |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings and Drawings of the 1860s Period | |||
| 161 | Tate Gallery, London | 1923-04-27 - 1923-07-29 | |
| Dante Alighieri | |||
| - | Rome | 1965 - 1965 | |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti | |||
| 53 | Casa di Dante, Abruzzo, Castello Gizzi, Torre de' Passeri, Pescara, Italy | 1984-09-16 - 1984-10-31 | |
| 53 | Accademia di Belle Arti di, Brera, Milan | 1984-11-09 - 1985-01-13 | |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti: an Illustrated Memorial of his Art and Life | |||
| H C Marillier | 1899 | George Bell and Sons, London | p. 89; p. 248. |
| City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings | |||
| A E Whitley | 1939 | Bemrose & Sons, Ltd., Derby | p. 344. |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828-1882, The Paintings and Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonne | |||
| Virginia Surtees | 1971 | Oxford University Press, London | vol. 1, no. 117B, p. 74; vol. 2, pl. 180. |
| Pre-Raphaelite Drawings: Dante Gabriel Rossetti | |||
| Andrea Rose | 1977 | The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London | no. 2A11. |
| Love Revealed: Simeon Solomon and the Pre-Raphaelites | |||
| Colin Cruise | 2005 | Merrell, London | p. 160. |
Provenance
| James Leathart, Fanny Cornforth, Charles Fairfax Murray |
Associated people
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Dante | Author |
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