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The Schismatics and Sowers of Discord: Mosca de' Lamberti and Bertrand de Born

The Schismatics and Sowers of Discord: Mosca de' Lamberti and Bertrand de Born
 (1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno XXVIII, 103-142)

Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over pencil, with sponging
Measurements
37.0 × 52.7 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Butlin 1981, 812.57; Butlin & Gott, 24
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink over pencil l.r.: WB / HELL Canto 28
inscribed in chalk u.r.: 28 HELL Canto 28 (partly erased)
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.r.: 21
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse u.c.: N 57 next at p 22
inscribed (vertically) in pencil on reverse c.: N 57 next at p 22 (erased)
Accession Number
1009-3
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
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)
Literary and Text Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
damned (people) Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) fire (physical concept) hell (doctrinal concept) nudes (representations) purgatory Satan (Abrahamic religions character) souls
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles )