Watercolour and gouache on paper
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How Sir Galahad Sir Bors and Sir Percival Were Fed with Sanct Grael but Sir Percivals Sister Died by Way
Bequeathed by Beresford Rimington Heaton 1940
actions: expressive
adults
angel
animals: birds
Arthurian legend
birth to death
body
bowing
characters
corpse
curtain
death
diseases and conditions
dove
emotional states and conditions
family
furnishings
Galahad, Sir
goblet
history
kitchen
knight
leisure and pastimes
lily
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
Malory, Thomas, Sir, ‘Le Morte d’Arthur’
man
music
music and entertainment
objects
Parsifal / Sir Percival
people
period: Middle Ages
plants and flowers
poisoned
politics and society
purity - lily
religion and belief
royalty and social rank
sister
society
symbols and personifications
tales, legends and traditional
universal religious imagery
woman
work and occupations
<p>Rossetti once described Malory's Morte d'Arthur as one of the greatest books in the world and drew inspiration from it for a number of his designs. Here he unites two scenes from the text. One relates to Percival, who achieves the Grail quest with his fellow knights, Galahad and Bors. The other relates to his sister who gives her life to heal a woman who could only be saved by the blood of a virgin. Rossetti shows the knights receiving the Grail before an altar. Beside them Percival's sister lies on the ground awaiting burial. The lily symbolises her purity.</p><p><em>Gallery label, January 2002</em></p>
paper unique 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
12 July 2003 – 15 August 2004
2004-08-15
12 July 2003 – 28 September 2003
2003-09-28
2003-07-12
Art Gallery of Western Australia (Perth, Australia)
25 October 2003 – 15 February 2004
2004-02-15
2003-10-25
Dunedin Public Art Gallery (Dunedin, New Zealand)
http://www.dunedin.art.museum
14 May 2004 – 15 August 2004
2004-08-15
2004-05-14
Frist Center for the Visual Arts (Nashville, USA)
2003-07-12
The Pre-Raphaelite Dream: Paintings and Drawings from the Tate Collection
Tate partnerships & programmes
1 November 2011 – 21 October 2012
2012-10-21
1 November 2011 – 19 February 2012
2012-02-19
2011-11-01
State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow, Russia)
3 July 2012 – 21 October 2012
2012-10-21
2012-07-03
Fundació “la Caixa” (Madrid, Spain)
2011-11-01
Blake Exhibition
Loan-out
12 September 2012 – 31 January 2014
2014-01-31
25 January 2014 – 6 April 2014
2014-04-06
2014-01-25
Mori Arts Centre (Tokyo, Japan)
19 April 2014 – 13 July 2014
2014-07-13
2014-04-19
Palazzo Chiablese (Turin, Italy)
2012-09-12
Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde
Exhibition
17 February 2013 – 31 August 2014
2014-08-31
25 January 2014 – 6 April 2014
2014-04-06
2014-01-25
Mori Arts Centre (Tokyo, Japan)
19 April 2014 – 13 July 2014
2014-07-13
2014-04-19
Palazzo Chiablese (Turin, Italy)
2013-02-17
Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde
Loan-out
1 February 2020 – 6 November 2020
2020-11-06
1 February 2020 – 6 November 2020
2020-11-06
2020-02-01
Bowes Museum (Barnard Castle, UK)
http://www.bowesmuseum.org.uk
2020-02-01
Pre-Raphaelite Knights: Re inventing the medieval world in Victorian Britain
Loan-out
1 May 2022 – 12 February 2023
2023-02-12
1 May 2022 – 30 September 2022
2022-09-30
2022-05-01
Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum (Leamington Spa, UK)
4 October 2022 – 12 February 2023
2023-02-12
2022-10-04
Watts Gallery - Artists’ Village (Compton, UK)
http://www.wattsgallery.org.uk
2022-05-01
Modern Pre-Raphaelites Visionaries
Loan-out
6 April 2023 – 24 September 2023
2023-09-24
6 April 2023 – 24 September 2023
2023-09-24
2023-04-06
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
21 October 2023 – 28 January 2024
2024-01-28
2023-10-21
Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington, USA)
2023-04-06
The Rossettis
Exhibition
1 October 2023 – 31 January 2024
2024-01-31
1 October 2023 – 31 January 2024
2024-01-31
2023-10-01
Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington, USA)
2023-10-01
Rossetti
Loan-out
How Sir Galahad, Sir Bors and Sir Percival Were Fed with the Sanct Grael; but Sir Percival’s Sister Died by the Way
support: 292 × 419 mm
frame: 474 × 620 × 45 mm
Bequeathed by Beresford Rimington Heaton 1940
<p>Rossetti once described Malory's Morte d'Arthur as one of the greatest books in the world and drew inspiration from it for a number of his designs. Here he unites two scenes from the text. One relates to Percival, who achieves the Grail quest with his fellow knights, Galahad and Bors. The other relates to his sister who gives her life to heal a woman who could only be saved by the blood of a virgin. Rossetti shows the knights receiving the Grail before an altar. Beside them Percival's sister lies on the ground awaiting burial. The lily symbolises her purity.</p>
Display caption
2002-01-24T00:00:00
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DISPLAY_CAPTION
<p><span>Watercolour and gouache painting with gum on wove watercolour paper.  The image shows Sir Galahad and friends accepting the Holy Grail from a haloed female figure.  In general the support is in moderate condition overall, but is discoloured and brittle around the edges.  The media is in good condition, with no obvious fading of the colours.  There is a gum glaze over areas of the paint that does have a crackle pattern but appear stable.</span>
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<br/><span>Katharine Lockett</span>
<br/><span>April 2003</span>
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Technique and condition
2003-11-05T00:00:00
technique-and-condition
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actions: expressive adults angel animals: birds Arthurian legend birth to death body bowing characters corpse curtain death diseases and conditions dove emotional states and conditions family furnishings Galahad, Sir goblet history kitchen knight leisure and pastimes lily literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) Malory, Thomas, Sir, ‘Le Morte d’Arthur’ man music music and entertainment objects Parsifal / Sir Percival people period: Middle Ages plants and flowers poisoned politics and society purity - lily religion and belief royalty and social rank sister society symbols and personifications tales, legends and traditional universal religious imagery woman work and occupations