After William Blake
1757-1827
The Circle of the Falsifiers
9 11/16 x 13 5/8 inches (247 x 346 mm)
Black chalk and graphite, on tracing paper mounted on card.
1980.79:13
Gift of Mr. Herman Cohen.
Notes
Copy on tracing paper by an unknown copyist of William Blake's design illustrating canto 29 of Dante's Inferno.
Summary
Traced sketch shows a rock-like arch or tower of bodies at far left and other naked figures sitting or lying on ground in a hilly landscape with flames and clouds; at right, Dante and Virgil stand on a rise overlooking the scene, as they cover their mouths or noses with their gowns.
Associated names
Cohen, Herman, former owner.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Inferno.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Inferno.
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Century Drawings
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