Ink, watercolour and gouache on paper
Tate Collection
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General Collection
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/simeon-solomon-513" aria-label="More by Simeon Solomon" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Simeon Solomon</a>
Dantes First Meeting with Beatrice
Bequeathed by Robert Ross through the Art Fund 1919
actions: expressive
adults
animals: mammals
Beatrice
boy
characters
children
clothing and personal items
Dante
Dante, ‘La Vita Nuova’
dog - non-specific
domestic
embracing
furnishings
girl
greeting
group
groups
headdress
interior - non-specific
interiors
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
mirror
nun
objects
people
religious
woman
work and occupations
<p>Almost from the beginning of his career Solomon's work was influenced by Pre-Raphaelitism, and he very soon made the acquaintance of Rossetti and Burne-Jones. As with other members of Rossetti's circle, he took part in the contemporary revival of book illustration and executed decorative work for Morris. The subject of this drawing is taken from Dante's Vita Nuova when the poet describes his first meeting with Beatrice, his idealised love, 'at the beginning of her nineth year almost.' Rossetti, for whom Dante was a key figure, probably influenced Solomon's choice of subject.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique ink watercolour gouache
21 January 2002 – 21 September 2002
2002-09-21
21 January 2002 – 21 September 2002
2002-09-21
2002-01-21
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-01-21
Rossetti and Medievalism
Collection based display
1 October 2005 – 15 January 2006
2006-01-15
1 October 2005 – 15 January 2006
2006-01-15
2005-10-01
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (Birmingham, UK)
http://www.bmag.org.uk
9 March 2006 – 18 June 2006
2006-06-18
2006-03-09
Museum Villa Stuck (Münich, Germany)
11 September 2006 – 26 November 2006
2006-11-26
2006-09-11
Ben Uri Gallery (London, UK)
http://www.benuri.org.uk/
2005-10-01
Love Revealed: Simeon Solomon and the Pre-Raphaelites
Loan-out
15 August 2007 – 18 November 2007
2007-11-18
15 August 2007 – 18 November 2007
2007-11-18
2007-08-15
Wordsworth Trust (Grasmere, UK)
http://www.wordsworth.org.uk
2007-08-15
Dante Rediscovered
Loan-out
27 February 2010 – 5 December 2010
2010-12-05
27 February 2010 – 6 June 2010
2010-06-06
2010-02-27
Museo d’Arte della città di Ravenna (Ravenna, Italy)
15 September 2010 – 5 December 2010
2010-12-05
2010-09-15
Ashmolean Museum (Oxford, UK)
http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/
2010-02-27
Pre-Raphelites
Loan-out
13 March 2027 – 27 June 2027
2027-06-27
13 March 2027 – 27 June 2027
2027-06-27
2027-03-13
Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington, USA)
2027-03-13
Simeon Solomon: Queer and Jewish in Victorian London
Loan-out
Dante’s First Meeting with Beatrice
support: 194 × 229 mm
Bequeathed by Robert Ross through the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 1919
<p>Almost from the beginning of his career Solomon's work was influenced by  <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/pre-raphaelite" title="Glossary definition for 'Pre-Raphaelite'"><span>Pre-Raphaelitism</span></a>, and he very soon  made the acquaintance of Rossetti and Burne-Jones. As with other members  of Rossetti's circle, he took part in the contemporary revival of book illustration and executed decorative work for Morris.
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The subject of this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> is taken  from Dante's Vita Nuova when the poet describes his first meeting with Beatrice,  his idealised love, 'at the beginning  of her nineth year almost.' Rossetti, for whom Dante was a key figure, probably influenced Solomon's choice of subject. 
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actions: expressive adults animals: mammals Beatrice boy characters children clothing and personal items Dante Dante, ‘La Vita Nuova’ dog - non-specific domestic embracing furnishings girl greeting group groups headdress interior - non-specific interiors literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) mirror nun objects people religious woman work and occupations