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Summary
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: The Salutation of Beatrice
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| Title |
The Salutation of Beatrice |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: A previously unpublished portrait of Jane Morris, known only through a private letter to the sitter, to be auctioned at Christie’s, 31 May 2012. |
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| Date | 1869 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 57.1 cm (22.4 in); width: 47 cm (18.5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection | Private collection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history |
Private collection, Scotland Sold at Christie’s, 31 May 2012 Private collection |
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| Inscriptions |
Artist’s monogram and date bottom left:
DGR 1869
Text top left:
[My lady looks so gentle and so pure] in a cartouche; it’s a sonnet from Dante‘s Vita Nuova |
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| References |
Christie’s Press Release Christie’s, LotFinder: entry 5563211 (sale 5326, lot 14, London, King Street, 31 May 2012) Rossetti Archive |
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| Source/Photographer | http://www.collectortribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/lrosetti-c.jpg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other versions | watercolour version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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