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Ricorditi di me che son la Pia (from Dante's 'Purgatorio'): PD.155-2015

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Ricorditi di me che son la Pia (from Dante's 'Purgatorio')

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Charles Augustus Howell?; Mary Key Miller, c.1882; Robert Aitken, bookseller, Edinburgh; bt. Batchelor, October 1956 (£75)

Legal notes

Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1868

Note

The head is taken from Alexa Wilding.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Chalk

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Red and black chalk

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: DGR / 1868
  • Type: Monogram

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.155-2015
Primary reference Number: 215689
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 28 March 2017 Updated: Thursday 17 July 2025 Last processed: Tuesday 29 July 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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