The Salutation of Beatrice Jane Morris as Beatrice Lady in a Blue Dress Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 DGR 1828-1882: An Exhibition (Tokyo 1990) Lady in a Blue Dress DGR 1869; 1872 (circa) Tokyo 1990 1872 private collection John Bibby; Christie's sale June 3, 1899 (lot 36), £199. 10s.; Webster; Joseph Dixon 1899; Christie's sale March 18, 1911 (lot 27); Leicester Galleries; Commander D.R. Brocklebank; Christie's sale June 16, 1970 (lot 153); private collection watercolour 19 x 16 in. Marillier, DGR: An Illustrated Memorial , page 201. Jane Burden Morris <artist/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnpictorial> <citnmythic> <name/> <culture/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnmythic> <citnhistorical> <event/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnhistorical> <citnautobiographical> <name/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnautobiographical> <citnscenic> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnscenic> </listcitn> </source> <commentaries> <head>Commentary</head> <section type="intro"> <head>Introduction</head> <p>This water–colour was perhaps originally intended as a study for the <xref doc="a.s260.rap">painting</xref>, but is complete in and of itself and entirely unlike the 1880-81 work.</p> </section> <section type="prodhist"> <head>Production History</head> <p/> </section> <section type="recepthist"> <head>Reception</head> <p/> </section> <section type="icon"> <head>Iconograpic</head> <p/> </section> <section type="pictorial"> <head>Pictorial</head> <p/> </section> <section type="historical"> <head>Historical</head> <p/> </section> <section type="literary"> <head>Literary</head> <p/> </section> <section type="autobio"> <head>Autobiographical</head> <p/> </section> <section type="biblio"> <head>Bibliographic</head> <p> <bibl> <author>Benedetti</author>, <xref doc="a.nc242.r646.rad" workcode="s260" from="344" link="dead"> <title level="bk"> <hi rend="i"> Dante Gabriel Rossetti</hi> , 344. <hi rend="i">DGR 1828-1882: An Exhibition</hi> , Tokyo 1990, 105 (plate 54). Marillier, <hi rend="i">DGR: An Illustrated Memorial</hi> , 201-02. Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 1, 155-156, 237 (no. 260D).

Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare La donna mia guand'ella altrui saluta, Ch'ogni lingua divien tremando muta, Egli occhi non ardicon di guardare. Ella sen va sentendosi laudare Benignamente d'umilta vestuta, E par che sia una cosa venuta Di cielo in terra a miracol mostrare. Mostrasi si piacente a chi la mira, Che dà per gli occhi una dolcezza al core, Che intender non la può chi non la prova. E par che della sua labbia si muova Uno spirto soave, e pien d'amore, Che va dicendo all'anima: sospira. This sonnet from Dante's <hi rend="i">Vita Nuova</hi> is inscribed on a fictive sheet of paper attached to a tree at the upper left of the painting.