Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1828–1882, British
Title:
Dante in Meditation Holding a Pomegranate
Date:
ca. 1852
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 7 7/8 inches (22.9 × 20 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper center: "Mount two inches all round - | put in the glass - gilt edge"; in graphite lower right: "Rossetti, D.G.: Head of Dante"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1976.3
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
portrait | sitting | historical subject | pomegranate | meditation
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Walker Art Gallery, 2003-10-17 - 2004-01-18)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Van Gogh Museum, 2004-02-27 - 2004-06-06)
Publications:
Acquisitions : The First Decade 1977-1986, Yale Center for British Art , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1986, p.29, no. 117, N590.2 A7 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Duncan Robinson, Acquisitions : The First Decade 1977 - 1986, , Burlington Magazine, vol. 128, October 1986, p. 29, no. 117, N1 B87 128:3 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:13132