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The reascent, Inferno Canto 34, Plate 38

Maker

(artist)
1755-1826

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

(publisher)

Title

The reascent, Inferno Canto 34, Plate 38

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.4273.30

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 REASCENT. ; upper right corner, black ink: 38; lower centre margin, black ink: Dante Virgilio / E QUINDI USCIMMO A RIVEDER LE STELLE. JOYFUL WE LEFT THE SHADOWY REALS OF DEATH, / AND HAIL'D THE OP'NING GLORIES OF THE SKY. / Inferno Canto 34. Sheet, recto: lower centre margin, black print: J. FLAXMAN; upper left corner, pencil: 814/45 (18)

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