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Study for 'La Pia de' Tolomei'
Draughtsman: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
History note: L.R. Valpy (probably through C.A. Howell); Valpy Sale, Christie's 26 May 1888 (lot 103); bt. Fuller Maitland, £53.10s
Height: 470 mm
Width: 375 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1939) by Fuller Maitland, J.A.
The head is taken from Alexa Wilding. There were several studies for the final oil painting which is dated by Mrs. Surtees as 1868-80 and is now in the Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (no. 56.31) Surtees 207.
White chalk
Black chalk
Red chalk
Support composed of paper
Drawing (image-making) : Red and white chalk, and some black, on paper
Inscription present: monogram
Inscription present: on a cartouche
Inscription present: with others, illegible
Accession number: 1782
Primary reference Number: 13376
Surtees: 207D
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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