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Dante's Dream
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1880
© Dundee City Council, Arts & Heritage
Other versions of this subject by Rossetti are in Tate and the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Miss Colman's collection also included a charcoal sketch for the pall bearer in 'Dante's Dream' which was also bequeathed to Dundee. This work is part of a collection of 18 works bequeathed to 9 UK museums and galleries by Miss E M Colman through the Art Fund.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Dante's Dream, 1880
Date supported
1949
Medium and material
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
178 x 133 cm
Gifted by
E M Colman
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