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The Symbolic Figure of the Course of Human History described by Virgil
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno XIV, 94-119)
Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over pencil, with sponging
Measurements
52.7 × 37.3 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 812.28; Butlin & Gott 13
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink l.l.: HELL Canto 14
inscribed in pencil u.l.: Hell Canto 14 / the Italian (...illeg.) (partly erased)
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.r.: 54
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.c.: No 12 next at p 14 (14 erased) 6
inscribed in pencil on reverse c.: No 12 next at p 14
inscribed in pencil on reverse r. edge: Hell Canto 7
Accession Number
998-3
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)
crowns (headdresses) Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) nudes (representations) trees
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles )