The Girlhood of Mary Virgin
Dante Gabriel Rossetti · c. 1848
The story
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. It was his first completed oil painting and is signed "Dante Gabriele Rossetti P.R.B. 1849". He first exhibited it at the 'Free Exhibition' at the Hyde Park Corner Gallery.
- Artist
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- Date
- c. 1848
- Collection
- Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom
- Movement
- Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 83.2 × 65.4 cm
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