Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Dante’s Dream at the Time of the Death of Beatrice

1856

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Hungarian National Gallery (Budapest, Hungary): Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828–1882
Medium: Watercolour on paper
Dimensions: Support: 487 × 662 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Bequeathed by Beresford Rimington Heaton 1940
Reference: N05229

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