Lot Essay
This is a study for the completed version in the collection of the Tate Gallery, London.
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Study for Saint Joachim for 'The Girlhood of the Virgin Mary'
Details
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882)
Study for Saint Joachim for 'The Girlhood of the Virgin Mary'
with initials, inscription and the date (in the hand of William Holman Hunt) 'Study's by Rossetti of St Joachim done in/my study in Cleveland St. 1848. W.H.H.' (lower right)
black chalk, irregular shaped
12¾ x 9 in. (32.4 x 22.8 cm.)
Study for Saint Joachim for 'The Girlhood of the Virgin Mary'
with initials, inscription and the date (in the hand of William Holman Hunt) 'Study's by Rossetti of St Joachim done in/my study in Cleveland St. 1848. W.H.H.' (lower right)
black chalk, irregular shaped
12¾ x 9 in. (32.4 x 22.8 cm.)
Provenance
with The Stone Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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