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The Lawn with the Kings and Angels
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Purgatorio VII, 64-90 and VIII, 22-48 and 94-108)
Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over black chalk and traces of pencil, with sponging
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 812.84; Butlin & Gott 32
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink l.c.: P-g- / Canto 7 & 8
inscribed in pencil u.r.: 8
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 33
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.c.: N 44 next at p 52
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse c.: N 44 next at p 52 (erased)
inscribed in pencil on reverse r. edge: Vanni Fucci
inscribed in pencil on reverse r. edge: Hell Canto 25
Accession Number
1016-3
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) Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) kings (people) swords trees
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles )