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Watercolour - Rosso Vestita [Dressed in Red]

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Basic Information

Accession Number:1904P452
Collection:Fine Art Prints and Drawings
Date:1850 - 1850

Maker Information

Artist:Dante Gabriel Rossetti - View biography for Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Notes

This is the artist's second watercolour, and originally formed part of a large design for Kate the Queen, which was destroyed by Rossetti but of which four fragments remain. The subject was taken from Browning's poem 'Pippa Passes'. The entire composition was to represent a queen sitting among many maidens in a 'painted gallery'.

Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1903.

Further Information

Production Period:19th century
School/Style:Costume
Medium:Watercolour, over pencil and ink, on paper laid down on card.
Material(s):Paper

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Dimensions

Height:260 mm
Width:156 mm