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La Pensierosa

La Pensierosa

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Marie Spartali Stillman

Artist
Marie Spartali Stillman
(English, 1844 - 1927)
Title
La Pensierosa
Date
1879
Medium
Graphite and watercolor heightened with gum arabic
Dimensions
21 1/4 x 17 1/2 in. Overall
Credit
Edward Blake Blair, Walter J. and Cecille Hunt, and Cyril W. Nave Endowment Funds, and Elvehjem Museum of Art Membership, and Frederick Leach Estate Fund purchase
Accession No.
1993.40
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
Geography
England

Related

1879, created by Marie Spartali Stillman (London, England); by descent of artist to Chauncey Stillman (New York, NY). 1993, Christopher Wood Gallery (London, England) sells to Elvehjem Art Center [now called the Chazen Museum of Art] (Madison, WI)

  • Antique Collectors' Club. "A Pre-Raphaelite Marriage: The Lives and Works of Marie Spartali Stillman and William James Stillman." Woodbridge, UK: Antique Collectors' Club, 2006. p. 105, no. 36
  • Denney, Colleen. "At the Temple of Art: The Grosvenor Gallery, 1877-1890." London: Associated University Presses, 1998. p. 103
  • Casteras, Susan and Colleen Denney. "The Grosvenor Gallery: A Palace of Art in Victorian England." New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. p. 197
  • Casteras, Susan P. "Victorian Vignettes: Daniel Maclise's 'Scottish Lovers' and Marie Spartali Stillman's 'La Pensierosa'." Bulletin/Biennial Report 1995-1997. Elvehjem Museum of Art (1997): 20-40. pp. 29-40
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Biennial Report 1995-1997." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1998. p. 35
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Annual Report 1993-1995." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1995. p. 102
  • Chazen Museum of Art."The Golden Age of British Watercolors 1790-1910." Madison: Chazen Museum of Art, 2012. inside cover, no. 1
  • Shepherd Gallery. "People and Places: An exhibition of English Watercolours from the 18th and 19th Centuries presented by Christopher Wood." London, England: The Ranelagh Press, 1992. cover illus.; n.p., no. 95

  • Golden Age of British Watercolors 1790-1910, The: Chazen Museum of Art, 9/22/2012–12/2/2012
  • Drawing with a Brush: British Watercolors: Chazen Museum of Art, 11/10/2007–1/6/2008
  • Palace of Art in Victorian England, A: The Grosvenor Gallery: Yale Center for British Art, 3/1/1996–11/3/1996
  • Title unknown [Marie Spartali Stillman], 1879: Grosvenor Gallery, London

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