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William Blake
The Circle of the Traitors. Dante's Foot striking Bocca dei Abbati 1826-1827; printed 1955
engraving
23.6 × 33.8 cm (image) 27.6 × 35.4 cm (plate) 39.7 × 57.5 cm irreg. (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1960
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The Circle of the Traitors. Dante's Foot striking Bocca dei Abbati
1826-1827; printed 1955
illustration to The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno XXXII, 77-89)
Medium
engraving
Measurements
23.6 × 33.8 cm (image) 27.6 × 35.4 cm (plate) 39.7 × 57.5 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1960
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bindman 1978, 653; Butlin & Gott 50g.i
Edition
ed. of 25, 3rd of 4 states
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Impression taken from the plate / in my collection in 1955 / Lessing J. Rosewald / 1/20/60
Accession Number
614.7-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Literary and Text Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
damned (people) Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) hell (doctrinal concept) punishing souls suffering traitors
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)