La Ghirlandata

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La Ghirlandata
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel - La Ghirlandata - 1871-1874.jpg
Artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Year1873
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions124 cm× 85 cm(49 in× 33 in)
Location Guildhall Art Gallery, London

La Ghirlandata("The Garlanded Woman") is an 1873 painting by English painter and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti Dante Gabriel Rossetti. [1] It is currently in the collection of the Guildhall Art Gallery in London, United Kingdom. [2] The model who sat for the painting was Alexa Wilding. [3] May Morris was the model for both angel heads in the top corners of the painting. [4]

A conservation programme funded by the Bank of America Art Conservation Project has proposed on 2019. Before the project started, UCL updated the previous imaging studies by Art Analysis & Research by using a newly installed hyperspectral imaging system designed and manufactured by ClydeHSI.

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References

  1. "La Ghirlandata by Dante Gabriel Rossetti". British Library . Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. "Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Monna Vanna 1866". Tate . Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. "Restoration of La Ghirlandata - City of London". www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

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