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Geryon conveying Dante and Virgil down towards Malebolge (1824-1827)
pen and ink and watercolour over pencil and black chalk, with sponging
37.2 × 52.7 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
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Geryon conveying Dante and Virgil down towards Malebolge
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno XVII, 1-27 and 79-123)
Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over pencil and black chalk, with sponging
Measurements
37.2 × 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 812.31; Butlin & Gott 14
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.r.: HELL Canto 17 (altered from 16)
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 44
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.c.: N 17 next at p 84
inscribed in pencil on reverse c.: N 17 next at p 84 (erased)
inscribed in pencil on reverse r. edge: Hell Canto 10
Accession Number
999-3
Department
International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Literary and Text Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
damned (people) Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) fire (physical concept) giants (mythical beings) hell (doctrinal concept) monsters (legendary beings) purgatory souls
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles )