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DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI (BRITISH, 1828-1882)

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04.06.2024 14:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1226068
Lot 15 | DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI (BRITISH, 1828-1882)
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI (BRITISH, 1828-1882)
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)
Applied technique:Chalk
Medium:Stone
Genre:Portrait
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:Watercolors and drawings
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