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The angel crossing the Styx
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno VIII, 67-75 and IX, 64-84)
Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over black chalk and traces of pencil
Measurements
37.3 × 52.7 cm (image and 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 812.19; Butlin & Gott 9
Inscription
inscribed in pencil u.r.: Hell Canto 8 (erased)
inscribed in pen and ink l.r.: HELL Canto 8
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.r.: (...illeg.) (erased)
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.l.: Canto 24 v 60 (partly erased)
Accession Number
994-3
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) castles (fortifications) damned (people) deities Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) rivers souls
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles )