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St Peter appears to Beatrice and Dante

St Peter appears to Beatrice and Dante
(1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Paradiso XXIV, 19-33)

Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over black chalk and pencil
Measurements
37.3 × 52.7 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Butlin 812.94; Butlin & Gott 36
Inscription
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.r.: 99
Accession Number
1021-3
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)
Human Figures Literary and Text Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
beards Dante Alighieri Divine Comedy, The (narrative poem, Dante, ca. 1308-1321) heaven keys (hardware) literary characters Peter, Saint (Christian character) saints
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)