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Minos
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno V, 1-24)
Medium
pen and black and red/brown ink and watercolour over pencil and black chalk, with sponging
Measurements
37.4 × 52.8 cm (image and 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 812.9; Butlin & Gott 5
Inscription
inscribed in brush and ink (in image) l.r.: HELL Canto 5 / WB
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 10
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.c.: No. 16 next at p. 44
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse c.: No. 16 next at p. 44 (erased)
Accession Number
990-3
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)
beasts damned (people) Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) fire (physical concept) flames hell (doctrinal concept) purgatory souls
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles )