Portrait studies of Olivia Rossetti Agresti

League of Nations

Geneva, Switzerland

Object Details

Title:

Date:

1927

Artist:

Medium:

Graphite on paper between hinged mats with framing lines in black and brown ink

Dimensions

9 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.

Classification

Drawings-watercolors

Credit Line:

Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015

Description

[top right caption in graphite]: "The Blessed Damozel looked / down / from the gold bar of Heaven"; [middle right caption in graphite]: [illegible]; [bottom left caption in graphite]: England / speaks; [below framing lines at left in graphite]: Mme. Rossetti Agresti; [below framing lines at right in red ink]: stamped signatureOakley paraphrases Dante Gabriel Rossetti's poem "The Beautiful Damozel" at the top of the drawing.

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