The Pilgrim Folk

The Pilgrim Folk
The Pilgrim Folk

The Pilgrim Folk

Date1914
Artist (English painter and artists' model, 1844–1927)
MediumWatercolor and gouache on paper
Dimensions22 3/4 × 27 3/4 in. (57.8 × 70.5 cm)
frame: 36 5/8 × 41 5/8 in. (93 × 105.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. S. S. Auchincloss, 1974
Object number1974-43
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThe subject of this painting is taken from the Vita Nuova written by the early Renaissance poet Dante Alighieri (1265–1321). Stillman captures the moment in the text when Dante, who is mourning the death of Beatrice, his true love, looks out from his window onto the city of Florence and acknowledges a group of pilgrims passing in the street below.

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St. George
Marie Spartali Stillman
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Love's Messenger
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1871
Marie Spartali Stillman
not dated
Embroidered Shoes
Marie Spartali Stillman
not dated
Pilgrim Landing
Stanley Massey Arthurs
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Helena and Rodman
Lisa Stillman
c. 1890
© Artist or Artist's Estate. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reprod…
Dorothy Marie Morrison
not dated