Head of a Woman, called "Ruth Herbert"

Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882)

1876

Red and black chalk on buff paper

15 1/2 x 12 3/8 inches

Signed with a monogram and dated lower right

Yale Center for British Art, New Haven (acc. no. B1975.4.1580)

Paul Mellon Collection

Provenance: Mrs. I. Montlake; Christie's, 22 February 1966, lot 66; P. and D. Colnaghi; Yale Center for British Art.