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Illustrations to The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
1826-1827; printed 1968

Medium
engraving on Japanese paper
Measurements
(1) 24.3 × 33.6 cm (image) 27.8 × 35.2 cm (plate) 38.5 × 45.8 cm (sheet)
(2) 23.9 × 33.5 cm (image) 28.0 × 35.3 cm (plate) 38.3 × 46.1 cm (sheet)
(3) 24.2 × 33.3 cm (image) 28.0 × 35.5 cm (plate) 38.5 × 45.6 cm (sheet)
(4) 24.5 × 33.8 cm (image) 27.8 × 35.4 cm (plate) 38.3 × 45.8 cm (sheet)
(5) 24.2 × 33.8 cm (image) 27.9 × 35.4 cm (plate) 38.8 × 45.7 cm (sheet)
(6) 24.1 × 33.7 cm (image) 27.6 × 35.2 cm (plate) 38.0 × 45.6 cm (sheet)
(7) 23.6 × 33.8 cm (image) 27.6 × 35.4 cm (plate) 38.1 × 46.0 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bindman 1978, 647; Butlin & Gott 50a.ii
Edition
ed. 21/25, 4th of 4 states
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.: A restrike from the copper plate in my collection / August 1968 / Lessing J Rosenwald
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 21/25 Hoehn imp 68
(2) inscribed in pencil l.r.: A restrike from the copper plate in my collection / August 1968 Lessing J Rosenwald
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 21/25 Hoehn imp 68
(3) inscribed in pencil l.r.: A restrike from the copper plate in my collection / August 1968 Lessing J Rosenwald
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 21/25 Hoehn imp. 68
(4) inscribed in pencil l.r.: A restrike from the copper plate in my collection / August 1968 Lessing J Rosenwald
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 21/25 Hoehn imp. 68
(5) inscribed in pencil l.r.: A restrike from the copper plate in my collection / August 1968 Lessing J Rosenwald
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 21/25 Hoehn imp 68
(6) inscribed in pencil l.r.: A restrike from the copper plate in my collection / August 1968 Lessing J Rosenwald
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 21/25 Hoehn imp. 68
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 6
(7) inscribed in pencil l.r.: A restrike from the copper plate in my collection / August 1968 Lessing J Rosenwald.
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 21/25 Hoehn imp 68
Accession Number
1835.1-7-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1968
Gallery location
Not on display