Title: | 1904P284 Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante - Sketch for the Figure of Dante holding a Pomegranate |
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Description: |
1904P284 [Verso - Back] Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante - Sketch for the Figure of Dante holding a Pomegranate / (Recto) Tristram and Yseult drinking the Love Potion - Compositional Study, 1852-67 Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti Verso: cropped sketch of Dante with a pomegranate in one hand and a knife in the other and faint second head. Recto: Tristram and Yseult drinking together, with Love in the background. This is a sketch from 1852 of Dante for the watercolour 'Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante' (Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection). On the front is a study for the 1867 watercolour now at the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford. |
Keywords: |
Art Movement/ Pre-Raphaelite, Birmingham Museums Trust/Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Ink, Pencil, Sketch, Study, Works on Paper |
Usage Rights: | Creative Commons 0 - Public Domain. Optional attribution: Photo by Birmingham Museums Trust, licensed under CC0 |
Height: | 557, 282, 242 |
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Width: | 403, 221, 180 |
Unit: | mm, mm, mm |
Credit Line: | Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1903. |