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Attributed to Alessandro Vellutello

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Attributed to Alessandro Vellutello
Inferno, Canti XXI-XXII. The Circle of the Swindlers: A Devil Carrying an Old Man from Lucca; Dante Hides while Virgil Talks with the Devils; Devil Throws Old Man into the Pit of Tar; Virgil and Dante Speak with the Devils; Virgil and Dante Meet Ciampolo da Navarre, Fra Gomita, and Don Michel Zanche of Logodoro. Dante Hides while Virgil Talks with the Devils. At top, a town
Pen and brown ink on paper.
8 1/8 x 11 inches (207 x 280 mm)
Gift of Mr. H.P. Kraus.
1966.12:8
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Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to Italian School, 16th cent.

Inscription: 

Inscribed by the artist, in pen and brown ink, at upper left, "[diavolo?] che reca l'anima [sul] gobbo"; below this, throughout, labelling the figures, "V[ergil]; D[ante]; anima / lucchese; anima lucchese; malebranche; malacoda; Alichino; calcabrina; libicocco; draghinazzo; ciriatto; sannuto; grafficane; farfarello; rubicantepazzo; farfarello; grafficane; civiatto sannuto; draghinazzo; libicocco; calcabrina; Alichino; cagnazzo; barbariccio; cagnazzo; farfarello; ciriatto; barbariccio; braghinazo; calcobrino; canienino; hanarreso(?); renaveca; libicocco; rubicante; grafficane; alichino; calcabrina; barbariccia; cagnazzo; carmiglione; anima / lucchese; calcabrino; anietrino; frate gomita; Do[n] michele malezanche"; at upper right, "OTTA [VO] / 5 Bolg[ia] / Barattieri nella / bollente pece"; on the wall at upper right, "Barattieri".

Provenance: 
J. I. Davis, London; H. P. Kraus (1907-1988), Vienna and New York, by whom presented to the Pierpont Morgan Library in 1966.
Associated names: 

Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Davis, J. Irving, 1889-1967, former owner.
Kraus, Hans Peter, 1907-1988, former owner.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina Commedia.

Bibliography: 

Rhoda Eitel-Porter, "Drawings for the Woodcut Illustrations to Alessandro Vellutello's 1544 Commentary on Dante's Comedia", Print Quarterly, XXXVI, March 2019, pp. 3-17
Matthew Collins, "The Forgotten Morgan Dante Drawings, Their Influence on the Marcolini Commedia of 1544, and Their Place within a Visually-Driven Discourse on Dante's Poem," Dante Studies 136 (2018): 93-132.
Lamberto Donati, "Commento ad una serie di disegni del XVI secolo illustranti la Divina Commedia", La Bibliofilia, LXV, 1963.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., ed. Fifteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1967 & 1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 91-92.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 150.

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Vellutello, Alessandro
School: 
Italian
Century: 
16th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints