Study of Man and Woman in Medieval Costume
1846 – 1847
Accession number: 1927P982
Brown pen and black ink with slight ink wash, on paper.
Width: 176 mm
Height: 225 mm
Information
The theme of this early drawing appears to be a courtly interpretation of the sixteenth century. It has the early form of Rossetti's monogram.
- Bequeathed by James Richardson Holliday, 1927.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Dante Gabriel Rossetti | - |
Inscriptions
| Type | Position(s) | Method | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| monogram | ||||
| Monogram | bottom left | Handwritten | - | Ink |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Heatherley School of Fine Art, 150th Anniversary Exhibition | |||
| 19 | Mall Galleries, London | 1996 - 1996 | |
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. 366. |
| - | |||
| January 1940 | Burlington Magazine | p. 22. | |
| Pre-Raphaelite Drawings | |||
| 1947 | Roland, Browse & Delbanco, London | p. 9 | |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828-1882, The Paintings and Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonne | |||
| Virginia Surtees | 1971 | Oxford University Press, London | vol. 1, no. 661, p. 218. |
| Pre-Raphaelite Drawings: Dante Gabriel Rossetti | |||
| Andrea Rose | 1977 | The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London | no. 3D11. |
Provenance
| James Richardson Holliday; bequeathed to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 1927. |
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