The Pilgrim Folk
Date1914
Artist
Marie Spartali Stillman
(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)
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 viewClassificationsDRAWING
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.
