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The Thieves and Serpents
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno XXIV, 82-96)
Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over pencil and black chalk, with sponging
Measurements
37.2 × 52.8 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 812.47; Butlin & Gott 19
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink l.r.: HELL Canto 24
inscribed (vertically) in pen and ink u.r.: Hell
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse l.c.: 74
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse l.c.: No 47 next at p 73
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse c.: No 47 next at p 73 (erased)
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.c.: Canto 25
Accession Number
1004-3
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)
Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) fire (physical concept) flames hell (doctrinal concept) nudes (representations) purgatory serpents (general, animals) souls
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles )