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The Harlot and the Giant
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Purgatorio XXXII, 85-87 and 142-53)
Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over pencil and black chalk, with sponging
Measurements
37.2 × 52.7 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Butlin 812.89; Butlin & Gott, 34
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink over pencil l.r.: P-g. Canto 32
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 30
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.c.: N 36 next at p 92
Accession Number
1019-3
Department
International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Literary and Text Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
angels (spirits) beasts damned (people) Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) giants (mythical beings) souls
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles )