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The Lovers Surprised, Inferno Canto 5, Plate 5

Maker

(artist)
1755-1826

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

(publisher)

Title

The Lovers Surprised, Inferno Canto 5, Plate 5

Date of Production

01/05/1807

Medium

Engraving, black ink on paper

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4273.4

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






Lanciotto





Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Sheet, recto: upper centre margin, black ink: THE LOVERS SURPRISED.; upper right corner, black ink: 5; lower centre margin, black ink: Lanciotto Francesca Paolo / LA BOCCA MI BACIO' TUTTO TREMANTE. / EAGER TO REALIZE THE STORYD BLISS. / TREMBLING HE SNATCHED THE HALF RESENTED KISS./ Inferno Canto 5. Sheet, recto: lower centre margin, black print: J. FLAXMAN

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

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