William BLAKE
St Peter appears to Beatrice and Dante
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Paradiso XXIV, 19-33)

Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over black chalk and pencil

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 812.94; Butlin & Gott 36

Inscription
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.r.: 99

Accession Number
1021-3

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)
Human Figures Literary and Text Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
beards Dante Alighieri Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) heaven keys (hardware) literary characters Peter, Saint (Christian character) saints

Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)