Dante Gabriel Rossetti (British, 1828-1882) Proserpine signed and dated ‘D. G. ROSSETTI fecit anno 1878’ (on a scroll lower left) and inscribed with a sonnet in Italian (on a cartellino upper right) pencil, watercolor and bodycolor heightened with gum arabic on paper mounted on a wooden stretcher 30 ½ x 14 ¾ in. (77.5 x 37.5 cm.) Executed in 1878. in the original frame designed by Rossetti

Provenance

The artist. Frederick Startridge Ellis (1830–1901), London, acquired directly from the above, 1878. James F. Hutton (1826-1890), Victoria Park, Manchester. His sale; Christie's, London, 10 May 1884, lot 86. with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, acquired at the above sale. Clara Jessup Bloomfield-Moore (1824-1899), London, acquired directly from the above, 15 May 1884. Her sale; Christie's, London, 5 May 1900, lot 51. Count Carl Clarence von Rosen (1867-1955), Stockholm, her grandson, acquired at the above sale. with Bernhard Magaliff, Stockholm. with Daniel Katz, London, acquired directly from the above, circa 1975. Private collection, Europe, circa 1975. Private collection, acquired directly from the above, 2009.