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The Circle of the Traitors. Dante's Foot striking Bocca dei Abbati

The Circle of the Traitors. Dante's Foot striking Bocca dei Abbati
1826-1827; printed 1968
illustration to The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno XXXII, 77-89)

Medium
engraving on Japanese paper
Measurements
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, 653; Butlin & Gott 50g.ii
Edition
ed. 21/25, 4th of 4 states
Inscription
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
1835.7-5
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1968
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Literary and Text Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) ice (water by form) lakes (bodies of water) punishing souls traitors vice (culture-related concept)
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)