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Dante adoring Christ

Dante adoring Christ
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Paradiso XIV, 97-111)

Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over black chalk, with touches of gum

Measurements
52.7 × 37.2 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Butlin 812.90; Butlin & Gott 35

Inscription
inscribed in brush and grey ink over pencil u.r.: 97
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.l.: 96
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse l.c.: N 43 next at p 33
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse l.c.: Vanni Fucci
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse l.r.: 24
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse l.r.: Vanni Fucci
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse l.r.: Canto 23 Paradiso (erased)

Accession Number
1020-3

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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