Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Retrato de Annie Miller
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Artista |
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Título |
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Descripción |
English: "Head three-quarters to right, slightly downturned; the hair, falling freely, is roughly sketched." (Virginia Surtees, The Paintings and Drawings of Dante Gabriel Rossetti: A Catalogue Raisonné, Oxford, 1971, vol. I, p. 173, no. 356) |
Fecha |
hacia 1860 date QS:P571,+1860-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Técnica |
lápiz sobre papel medium QS:P186,Q14674;P186,Q11472,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensiones |
32,7 × 32,2 cm; with an unfinished study of a woman's head on the verso |
Historial de la pieza |
Given by the artist to Frederic Shields in 1866. Bought from Shields' executors by Charles Rowley, presumably in 1911. Sold by Rowley in 1912 to Percy Withers, and by descent to his daughter, Mrs Audrey Kennett (née Withers), by whom given to the present owner. |
Exhibition history |
(Probably) Manchester, City Art Gallery, Loan Exhibition of Works by Ford Madox Brown and the Pre-Raphaelites, 1911, no. 181, lent by Charles Rowley. |
Inscripciones |
Dedicatoria, firma y fecha verso:
To / Frederick J. Shields / with kindest regards / D.G. Rossetti 1866
on a label on the backboard Texto verso:
Memo on Rossetti drawing / I have admired this lovely / drawing in Shields' study / for forty years. Like / so much of this great / man's work it grows in / interest the more you / see of it. Tho [sic] some- / what slight in execution / the treatment of the / hair; the dignified / beauty of the face, / the keen expression / all show Rossetti's / power of hand, mind / and heart. / Shields said once / as I was admiring / the drawing "I'll / leave you that in / my will Rowley." He / forgot. I bought it / from his Executors / & part with it reg- / retfully- / Charles Rowley / Handforth Cheshire / July 1912 on a letter attached to the backboard |
Referencias |
Rossetti Archive |
Fuente/fotógrafo |
Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5521044 (sale 8020, lot 5, London, King Street, 15 December 2011) |