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Dante and Beatrice, study for The Rose Garden


Preliminary sketch for The Rose Garden and title page of "The Early Italian Poets".
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (English, 1828–1882)
before 1861

Medium/Technique Graphite on heavy cream wove paper
Dimensions Sheet: 17.8 x 13.3 cm (7 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Print Department Special Fund
Accession Number58.49
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

DescriptionPreliminary sketch for The Rose Garden and titlepage of "The Early Italian Poets". Verso has graphite drapery study for the figure of Beatrice.
Inscriptionsverso: study of drapery (for figure of Beatrice )
Provenance1958, sold by William H. Schaab Gallery, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 13, 1958)