Study for Predella No. 1, for "Dante's Dream": Dante Dreaming
DrawingsBritish19th century

Study for Predella No. 1, for "Dante's Dream": Dante Dreaming

1879

Artists

Dante Gabriel RossettiArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Black chalk, charcoal, and touches of red chalk on green wove paper
Culture
British
Century
19th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

43.7 x 100.9 cm (17 3/16 x 39 3/4 in.) framed: 69 × 123.5 cm (27 3/16 × 48 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Grenville L. Winthrop, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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