The Descent from the Cross

细节

Elizabeth Siddal (1834-1862)
The Descent from the Cross
pen and black ink and brown wash, on paper
7¾ x 5½ in. (19.7 x 14.0 cm.)

来源

Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
William Michael Rossetti and by descent in his family to the present owner.

出版

William Michael Rossetti, 'Dante Rossetti and Elizabeth Siddal', Burlington Magazine, vol. I, no. 3, May 1903, p. 295.
Elizabeth Siddal: Pre-Raphaelite Artist, exh. The Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield, 1991, cat. p. 54, listed as no. 21.

展览

London, Arts Council, Ruskin and his Circle, 1964, no. 248.

拍场告示

Please note that the drawing is with the inscription by William Michael Rossetti 'By Lizzie R/Last Farewell before Crucifixion' (on the reverse).

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This is almost certainly the design listed in William Michael Rossetti's article of 1903 and again in the 1991 exhibition catalogue. It is described there as 'known only from photographic portfolio', although it had been exhibited by the Arts Council as recently as 1964.