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The Goddess of Fortune
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno VII, 25-96)
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- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
- Gallery location
- Not on display
Artwork Details
inscribed in pencil (in image) c.: Terrestial Globe (partly erased)
inscribed in pencil (in image) c.: The hole of a Shithouse / The Goddess Fortune is the devils Servant ready to Kiss any ones Arse
inscribed in pen and ink l.r.: HELL Canto 7
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Hell (…illeg.)
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.r.: 55
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.c.: No 19 next at p 80
inscribed in pencil on reverse c.r. edge: HELL Canto 12
Felton Bequest, 1920
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
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