ID 1226068
Lot 15 | DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI (BRITISH, 1828-1882)
Estimate value
£ 500 000 – 800 000
Portrait of Mrs Charles Howell, half-length
signed with monogram and inscribed and dated 'FKH/ 1869' (upper right)
pencil, red, black and white chalk on two joined sheets of paper
36 ½ x 26 ½ in. (92.7 x 67.4 cm.)
in the original Foord & Dickinson frame
Provenance
Charles Augustus Howell.
C.A. Howell (†); Christie's, London, 15 November 1890, lot 409, as 'Monna Vanna (Mrs. Howell)' (sold 35 gns to John Bibby).
John Bibby (†); Christie's, London, 3 June 1899, lot 40, as 'Monna Vanna (Mrs. Howell)' (sold 55 gns to Agnew's).
with Agnew's, London.
Major C.S. Goldman and by descent to his son,
Commander P. Monck and by descent until
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 21 June 1988, lot 43.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Literature
H.C. Marillier, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Illustrated Memorial of his Life and Art, London, 1899, no. 369.
G.C. Williamson, Murray Marks and his Friends, London, 1919, p. 124.
H. Rossetti Angeli, The Pre-Raphaelite Twilight, London, 1954, p. 18.
V. Surtees, The Paintings and Drawings of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882): A Catalogue Raisonné, Oxford, 1971, p. 169, no. 339.
M.T. Benedetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Firenze, 1984, no. 279.
W.E. Fredeman, The Correspondence of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, vol. II, Martlesham, 2004, nos. 69.42, 69.98, 69.100, 69.102, 69.103, 69.126, 69.148, 69.202.
Exhibited
Vienna, Galleries of the Secession, September-October 1927, number untraced, lent by Major C.S. Goldman.
London, Royal Academy of Arts and Birmingham, Birmingham City Museum, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Painter and Poet, 1973, no. 248, lent by The Hon. Mrs Monck.
Artist: | Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 - 1882) |
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Applied technique: | Chalk |
Medium: | Stone |
Genre: | Portrait |
Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
Artist: | Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 - 1882) |
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Applied technique: | Chalk |
Medium: | Stone |
Genre: | Portrait |
Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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