Dante Discoursing with his Preceptor, Inferno Canto 15, Plate 16
Maker
(artist)
1755-1826
(engraver)
ca. 1752-1824 (Life dates)
(publisher)
1755-1826
(engraver)
ca. 1752-1824 (Life dates)
(publisher)
Title
Dante Discoursing with his Preceptor, Inferno Canto 15, Plate 16
Date of Production
01/05/1807
Medium
Engraving, black ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 16 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Width: 20.8 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4273.14
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Brunetto Latini
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Sheet, recto: upper centre margin, black ink: DANTE DISCOURING WITH HIS PRECEPTOR.; upper right corner, black ink: 16; lower centre margin, black ink: Brunetto Latini Dante Virgilio / MA'L CAPO CHINO FULL O'ER THE BURNING VERGE MY HEAD RECLIN'D,/ TENEA COM' UOM RIVERENTE VADA. CAUGHT HIS SAD ACCENTS IN THE PASSING WIND. / Inferno Canto 15.
Sheet, recto: lower centre margin, black print: J. FLAXMAN
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