The Girlhood of Mary Virgin

The Girlhood of Mary Virgin
ArtistDante Gabriel Rossetti
Year1849
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions83.2 cm × 65.4 cm (32.8 in × 25.7 in)
LocationTate Britain, London
WebsiteTate Britain - catalogue entry

The Girlhood of Mary Virgin is an 1849 oil on canvas painting by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti, measuring 83.2 by 65.4 cm and now in the collection of Tate Britain, to which it was bequeathed in 1937 by Agnes Jekyll.[1] It was his first completed oil painting and is signed "Dante Gabriele Rossetti P.R.B. 1849".[2] He first exhibited it at the 'Free Exhibition' at the Hyde Park Corner Gallery.[3]

  1. ^ Tate Britain - catalogue entry
  2. ^ "The Girlhood of Mary Virgin by Dante Gabriel Rossetti". www.thehistoryofart.org. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  3. ^ "The Girlhood of Mary Virgin". www.rossettiarchive.org. Retrieved 1 October 2021.

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