DrawingsBritish19th century

Giotto Painting Dante's Portrait

c. 1859

Artists

Dante Gabriel RossettiArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on cream wove paper, mounted to paper-backed canvas

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

47.6 x 56.4 cm (18 3/4 x 22 3/16 in.) frame: 76.5 x 85.6 x 4.8 cm (30 1/8 x 33 11/16 x 1 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Fanny Cornforth. Charles Fairfax Murray. [Scott & Fowles, New York], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, 1924, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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