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Study for 'Venus Verticordia', c.1863-64 (pencil on paper)

Study for 'Venus Verticordia', c.1863-64 (pencil on paper)
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COU5934419
Image title
Study for 'Venus Verticordia', c.1863-64 (pencil on paper)
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Artist
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Charles (1828-82) / English
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Location
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Medium
pencil on paper
Date
1863 AD - 1864 AD (C19th AD)
Dimensions
50.5x36.9 cms
Image description

This is one of the first of Rossetti's many luxurious drawings of sensuous women inspired by Venetian High Renaissance art. The model was supposedly a cook whom he had encountered on the street. With fine pencil lines Rossetti focuses on her curling tresses of hair and striking features.

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Photo © The Courtauld / Bridgeman Images
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art / arrow / weapon / mythology / Rossetti Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) / 19th century / England / United Kingdom / Europe / painter / artist / drawing / Sketch / woman / female / young / youthful / pre-raphaelite / preliminary / study / venus verticordia / curly hair / tresses / apple / symbols / symbolic / black and white / monochrome / decolletage / goddess / deity / mythology / myth / Drawing / Mzdrawing

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