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The Contention for Guido de Montefeltro, Inferno Canto 27, Plate 29

Maker

(artist)
1755-1826

(engraver)
ca. 1752-1824 (Life dates)

(publisher)

Title

The Contention for Guido de Montefeltro, Inferno Canto 27, Plate 29

Date of Production

01/05/1807

Medium

Engraving, black ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 16 cm
Width: 20.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4273.24

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

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Print Room Display - Flaxman's Dante, The Courtauld Gallery (Prints and Drawings Study Room), 25/02/2016-24/06/2016

Inscriptions

Inscription: Sheet, recto: upper centre margin, black ink: THE CONTENTION FOR GUIDO DE MONTEFELTRO.; upper right corner, black ink: 29; lower centre margin, black ink: S. Francesco Guido Conte di Montefeltro / FRANCESCO VENNE POI, COM'I'FU'MORTO, AND HOLY FRANCIS CAME, / PER ME; MA UN DE' NERI CHERUBINI / MY PATRON SAINT! IN VAIN MY SOUL TO CLAIM; / GLI DISSE; NOL PORTAR; NON MI FAR TORTO. A SWARTHY PLAINTIFF DROVE HIM FROM HIS POST. / Inferno Canto 27. Sheet, recto: lower centre margin, black print: J. FLAXMAN; upper left corner, pencil: 814/45 (13)

Stamp: Sheet, recto: upper left margin, black ink stamp: WITT/ LIBRARY

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