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Series of 20 drawings, illustrating the "Inferno" and "Purgatorio" of Dante's "Divina Commedia"

Attributed to Alessandro Vellutello

early 16th century

1966.12:1-20

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Album

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Drawings and Prints

Inferno, Canto I (Antinferno). Three Pairs of Minute Figures on a Road Passing Through a Rocky Landscape, With Steam Coming Out of a Hole in the Ground at Left, Rough Sea in the Background and Stars above at Right

Attributed to Alessandro Vellutello

early 16th century

1966.12:1

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Drawing

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Drawings and Prints

Inferno, Canto I (Antinferno). Empty Path through Volcanic Landscape with Five Smoking Holes; Sea and Mountains in Background and Starry Sky Above

Attributed to Alessandro Vellutello

early 16th century

1966.12:2

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Drawing

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Drawings and Prints

Inferno, Canto I (Antinferno). Virgil and Dante on the Path through Rocky Landscape, Close to a Crevasse and Smoking Hole

Attributed to Alessandro Vellutello

early 16th century

1966.12:3

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Drawing

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Drawings and Prints

Inferno, Canto III. Charon Portrayed Shipping the Damned through the Acheron, Seen as a Circular Lake with the Entrance to the First Circle in the Middle. Dante and Virgil Looking at the Damned Who Are Being Attacked by Hornets and Wasps; Pointing to the Entrance; Approaching the Ferry; Speaking to Charon; Boarding the Ferry; and on the Ferry. At top a town?

Attributed to Alessandro Vellutello

early 16th century

1966.12:4

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Drawing

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Drawings and Prints