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A study for the oil painting The Beloved (The Bride, 1865-66), now in the Tate collection. The inspiration for the painting came from a passage in the Song of Solomon: 'She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needlework; the virgins that bear her fellows shall be her company.' Eight figure studies for the painting survive. For the young black attendant, there are studies of both male and female figures, Rossetti finally choosing the latter, although it is thought that he perhaps only used a male model.
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Organisation |
Artist |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
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Inscriptions
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Notes |
2nd study for black girl [bottom right]. [Verso]: Study of / by D. G. Rossetti / April [?] 1865 / For the figure holding a golden / cup full of roes in the picture / of "the Beloved" from the Song / of Solomon / Bought together with other studies by / the artist by George P. Boyce. May 22. 1865 / Boyce. May 22 1865 |
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Handwritten |
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Pencil |
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Exhibitions
Catalogue No. |
Venue |
Date(s) |
Pictures, Drawings, Designs and Studies by the Late Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
127 |
Burlington Fine Arts Club, London |
1883 - 1883 |
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Pre-Raphaelite Drawings |
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Midlands Federation, Lichfield |
1961 - 1961 |
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Black Victorians: Black People in British Art 1800-1900 |
84 |
Manchester Art Gallery |
2005-10-15 - 2006-01-06 |
84 |
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
2006-01-28 - 2006-04-02 |
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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 |
under no. 177. |
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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. 331. |
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Letters of Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
John Robert Wahl, Oswald Doughty |
1967 |
Oxford University Press, Oxford |
p. 535. |
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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. 182F, p. 106; vol. 2, pl. 269. |
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Pre-Raphaelite Drawings: Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
Andrea Rose |
1977 |
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London |
no. 1F5. |
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Black Victorians: Black People in British Art 1800-1900 |
Jan Marsh |
2005 |
Lund Humphries, Aldershot |
p. 160. |
Provenance
George P Boyce; probably Boyce sale, Christie's 1 July 18976 (lot 26) £18. 18s.; Charles Fairfax Murray. |
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