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The Pit of Disease: Gianni Schicchi and Myrrha

The Pit of Disease: Gianni Schicchi and Myrrha
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno XXX, 22-45)

Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over pencil and traces of black chalk, with sponging

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 812.59; Butlin & Gott 25

Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink l.c.r.: HELL / Canto 30
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.r.: 63
inscribed in pencil on reverse r. edge: Pg Canto 4 (the figure perhaps reworked)

Accession Number
1010-3

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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