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Ephialtes and two other Titans
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno XXXI, 84-111)
Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over black chalk and pencil
Measurements
37.3 × 52.7 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 812.62; Butlin & Gott 26
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink l.l.: HELL / Canto 31
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 46
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.c.: No 60 next at p 65
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse c.: No 60 next at p 65 (erased)
inscribed in pencil on reverse r. edge: Hell Canto 32
Accession Number
1011-3
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) chains (object genres) chains (object genres) Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) giants (mythical beings) hell (doctrinal concept) purgatory souls
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles )