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The Stygian Lake, with the Ireful Sinners fighting
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno VII, 106-26)
Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over pencil and traces of black chalk with sponging
Measurements
52.7 × 37.1 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 812.15; Butlin & Gott 8
Inscription
inscribed in pencil u.c.: HELL Stygian Lake (...illeg.) Canto 7 (erased)
overinscribed in pencil on previous inscription u.c.: The Stygian Lake
inscribed in pen and ink over pencil l.r.: HELL Canto 7
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.r.: 6
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.c.: No 4 next at p 49
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.c.: HELL Canto 3
Accession Number
992-3
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)
beards Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) fighting lakes (bodies of water) purgatory sin (religious concept) souls
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles )