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The Rest on the Mountain leading to Purgatory

The Rest on the Mountain leading to Purgatory
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Purgatorio VI, 46-57)

Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over black chalk and pencil

Measurements
52.7 × 37.2 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Butlin 812.73; Butlin & Gott 29

Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink l.c.l.: P-g Canto 4
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.r.: 64
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.c.: N 31 next at p 67
inscribed in pencil on reverse c.: N 31 next at p 67 (erased)
inscribed in pencil on reverse r. edge: Hell Canto 20

Accession Number
1014-3

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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