Drawing of a dancing girl: study for 'The Borgia Family', a watercolour at Tullie House Museum, Carlisle

1850

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Impressionism Realism Early 19th Century

Dominant colour

Drawing of a dancing girl: study for 'The Borgia Family', a watercolour at Tullie House Museum, Carlisle is a 1850 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
When & what style?: 1850 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This drawing shows a young girl dancing. It's an early work by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The drawing was made as a study for one of the figures in Rossetti's watercolour The Borgia Family, and it shows the crisp line work he valued at the time, similar to that of artists like Dürer. Check out the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood to learn more about the movement that influenced Dante Gabriel Rossetti.