DrawingsBritish19th century

Beata Beatrix

1869

Artists

Dante Gabriel RossettiArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red, brown, and white chalks on cream paper

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

sight: 84.1 x 64.8 cm (33 1/8 x 25 1/2 in.) frame: 103.5 × 85.1 cm (40 3/4 × 33 1/2 in.)

Provenance

William Graham. Robert Harrison, Shiplake near Henley, England. [Scott & Fowles, New York, NY], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, November 1924, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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