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Dante Gabriel Rossetti — The Return of Tibullus to Delia
Dante Gabriel Rossetti

The Return of Tibullus to Delia

Dante Gabriel Rossetti's watercolor and bodycolor work depicts the poetic return of the Roman poet Tibullus to his beloved Delia. The romantic subject matter is rendered in Rossetti's characteristic Pre-Raphaelite style.

Medium
watercolour and bodycolor with gum arabic on paper
Spotted At
Auction House · Sotheby's

🔨 Auction Lot

European & British Art, Part I

July 13, 2022

Estimate: $80,000 – $120,000

Lot 31

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Return of Tibullus to Delia

Dante Gabriel Rossetti's watercolor and bodycolor work depicts the poetic return of the Roman poet Tibullus to his beloved Delia. The romantic subject matter is rendered in Rossetti's characteristic Pre-Raphaelite style.

Medium
watercolour and bodycolor with gum arabic on paper
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Watercolor, Classical Literature, Narrative Art, Pre-Raphaelite, Bodycolor, Literary Theme, Roman Poetry, Romantic

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Harvard Art Museums