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Geryon conveying Dante and Virgil down towards Malebolge

Geryon conveying Dante and Virgil down towards Malebolge
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno XVII, 1-27 and 79-123)

Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over pencil and black chalk, with sponging

Measurements
37.2 × 52.7 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Butlin 812.31; Butlin & Gott 14

Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.r.: HELL Canto 17 (altered from 16)
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 44
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.c.: N 17 next at p 84
inscribed in pencil on reverse c.: N 17 next at p 84 (erased)
inscribed in pencil on reverse r. edge: Hell Canto 10

Accession Number
999-3

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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