File:Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Ophelia.jpg
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Ophelia or Wood Nymph
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Ophelia or Wood Nymph |
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English: (see source) Mrs Rossetti Angeli told Virginia Surtees that she chose this drawing when, as a child, she was allowed by her father, William Michael Rossetti, to select one small drawing from those left unsold at her uncle's studio sale, held at Christie's on 12 May 1883. However, the drawing does not appear to correspond to any item in the sale, so perhaps it was not even included. The drawing shows Ophelia weaving garlands prior to her suicide by drowning. Rossetti was powerfully attracted to the story of Shakespeare's heroine; for other examples see Surtees, nos. 108, 169 and 189. Virginia Surtees dates the present drawing to 1870-75. |
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| Date | between 1870 and 1875 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | pencil, pen and black ink and brown wash, on paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history | William Michael Rossetti; Mrs. Helen Rossetti Angeli | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibition history | Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton (National Trust), c. 1949-53, no. 19, lent by Mrs Angeli | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | Please note that the sheet is inscribed 'Ophelia' in the lower right corner | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| References | Rossetti Archive | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5396335 (sale 7891, lot 2, London, King Street, 15 December 2010) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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