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Illustrations to The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
1826-1827; printed 1955

Medium
engraving
Measurements
(1) 24.3 × 33.6 cm (image) 27.8 × 35.2 cm (plate) 39.8 × 57.2 cm irreg. (sheet)
(2) 23.9 × 33.5 cm (image) 28.0 × 35.3 cm (plate) 39.3 × 57.2 cm irreg. (sheet)
(3) 24.2 × 33.3 cm (image) 28.0 × 35.5 cm (plate) 39.6 × 57.0 cm irreg. (sheet)
(4) 24.2 × 33.3 cm (image) 28.0 × 35.5 cm (plate) 39.6 × 57.0 cm irreg. (sheet)
(5) 24.2 × 33.8 cm (image) 27.9 × 35.4 cm (plate) 39.4 × 57.2 cm irreg. (sheet)
(6) 24.1 × 33.7 cm (image) 27.6 × 35.2 cm (plate) 39.4 × 57.3 cm irreg. (sheet)
(7) 23.6 × 33.8 cm (image) 27.6 × 35.4 cm (plate) 39.7 × 57.5 cm irreg. (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bindman 1978, 647; Butlin & Gott 50
Edition
ed. of 25
Inscription
(1) printed (in reverse) in ink in plate l.r.: The Whirlwind of Lovers From Dante's Inferno Canto V
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Impression taken from the plate in my / collection in 1955 / Lessing J Rosenwald / 1/20/60
(2) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Impression taken from the plate / in my collection in 1955 / Lessing J. Rosewald / 1/20/60
(3) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Impression taken from the plate / in my collection in 1955 / Lessing J. Rosewald / 1/20/60
(4) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Impression taken from the plate in / my collection in 1955 / Lessing J. Rosewald / 1/20/60
(5) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Impression taken from the plate in my / collection in 1955 / Lessing J. Rosewald / 1/20/60
(6) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Impression taken from the plate in / my collection in 1955 / Lessing J. Rosewald / 1/20/60
(7) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Impression taken from the plate / in my collection in 1955 / Lessing J. Rosewald / 1/20/60
Accession Number
614.1-7-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1960
Gallery location
Not on display