(see source) presumably a study for the oil portrait of mrs morris (surtees no. 372), begun in 1878. The head and shoulders of mrs. Morris. Rossetti wrote concerning this work: "27 feb 1878. I have finished an old watercolour for the head of your portrait and it comes well - it is for valpy. I did not want it to be talked about, among strangers by your name so have christened it "bruna brunelleschi" of course bearing on the dark complexion. I did think of calling it "vittora colonna" who i find was certainly the original of those heads by m. A. Which are portraits of you but i thought it would not do to tackle mike" (from 'unpublished letters to jane morris', british museum). Object Type: painting. Date: 1878. Dimensions: 33.9 × 31.1 cm (13.3 × 12.2 in). Medium: watercolor and gouache paint on paper. Collection: Fitzwilliam Museum. Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Bruna Brunelleschi
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