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Illustrations to The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
1826-1827; printed 1968

Medium
engraving on Japanese paper
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1968
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
engraving on Japanese paper
Measurements
(1) 24.3 × 33.6 cm (image) 27.8 × 35.2 cm (plate) 38.5 × 45.8 cm (sheet)
(2) 23.9 × 33.5 cm (image) 28.0 × 35.3 cm (plate) 38.3 × 46.1 cm (sheet)
(3) 24.2 × 33.3 cm (image) 28.0 × 35.5 cm (plate) 38.5 × 45.6 cm (sheet)
(4) 24.5 × 33.8 cm (image) 27.8 × 35.4 cm (plate) 38.3 × 45.8 cm (sheet)
(5) 24.2 × 33.8 cm (image) 27.9 × 35.4 cm (plate) 38.8 × 45.7 cm (sheet)
(6) 24.1 × 33.7 cm (image) 27.6 × 35.2 cm (plate) 38.0 × 45.6 cm (sheet)
(7) 23.6 × 33.8 cm (image) 27.6 × 35.4 cm (plate) 38.1 × 46.0 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bindman 1978, 647; Butlin & Gott 50a.ii
Edition
ed. 21/25, 4th of 4 states
Inscription
(1) printed (in reverse) in ink in plate l.r.: The Whirlwind of Lovers From Dante's Inferno Canto V
inscribed in pencil l.r.: A restrike from the copper plate in my collection / August 1968 / Lessing J Rosenwald
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 21/25 Hoehn imp 68
(2) inscribed in pencil l.r.: A restrike from the copper plate in my collection / August 1968 Lessing J Rosenwald
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 21/25 Hoehn imp 68
(3) inscribed in pencil l.r.: A restrike from the copper plate in my collection / August 1968 Lessing J Rosenwald
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 21/25 Hoehn imp. 68
(4) inscribed in pencil l.r.: A restrike from the copper plate in my collection / August 1968 Lessing J Rosenwald
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 21/25 Hoehn imp. 68
(5) inscribed in pencil l.r.: A restrike from the copper plate in my collection / August 1968 Lessing J Rosenwald
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 21/25 Hoehn imp 68
(6) inscribed in pencil l.r.: A restrike from the copper plate in my collection / August 1968 Lessing J Rosenwald
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 21/25 Hoehn imp. 68
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 6
(7) inscribed in pencil l.r.: A restrike from the copper plate in my collection / August 1968 Lessing J Rosenwald.
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 21/25 Hoehn imp 68
Accession Number
1835.1-7-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1968
Gallery location
Not on display