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The Devil carrying the Lucchese Magistrate to the Boiling-Pitch Pool of Corrupt Officials
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno XXI, 29-42)
Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over black chalk and pencil
Measurements
52.8 × 37.1 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 812.37; Butlin & Gott 16
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink l.r.: HELL Canto 21
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.r.: 68
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.c.: N 15 next at p 10
inscribed in pencil on reverse c.: N 15 next at p 10 (erased)
inscribed in pencil on reverse r. edge: Hell Canto 8
Accession Number
1002-3
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) devils (spirits) Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) hell (doctrinal concept) purgatory Satan (Abrahamic religions character) sin (religious concept) souls
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles )