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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 |
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Inscriptions
Type |
Position(s) |
Method |
Date(s) |
Notes |
IX Jun: MCCXC / Quomodo Sedet Sola Civitas |
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Exhibitions
Catalogue No. |
Venue |
Date(s) |
Paintings and Drawings of the 1860s Period |
161 |
Tate Gallery, London |
1923-04-27 - 1923-07-29 |
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Dante Alighieri |
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Rome |
1965 - 1965 |
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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 |
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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. |
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City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings |
A E Whitley |
1939 |
Bemrose & Sons, Ltd., Derby |
p. 344. |
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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. 117B, p. 74; vol. 2, pl. 180. |
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Pre-Raphaelite Drawings: Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
Andrea Rose |
1977 |
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London |
no. 2A11. |
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Love Revealed: Simeon Solomon and the Pre-Raphaelites |
Colin Cruise |
2005 |
Merrell, London |
p. 160. |
Provenance
James Leathart, Fanny Cornforth, Charles Fairfax Murray |
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