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Tablet for Chimney Piece: Apollo with Virgil and Homer at left, Tasso and Milton at Right

Office of Adam, Robert

1728-1792

1958.23:4

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Drawings and Prints

Bookermania: 45 Years of the Man Booker Prize

September 13, 2013, through January 5, 2014

This exhibition celebrates the Morgan's Man Booker Prize Collection—the largest American collection devoted to the prize, acquired in 2010.

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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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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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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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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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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Drawings and Prints

Inferno, Canto XI - XII. Virgil and Dante, at Upper Left, Before the Tomb of Pope Anastasius; Their Meeting with the Minotaur; Their Descent to the Phlegethon (River of Boiling Blood); Their Meeting with the Centaurs, Who Guard the Damned and Punish Them with Arrows; Chiron Gives Them as a Guide the Centaur Nessus; Dante and Virgil Are Carried by Nessus and Together They Cross the Phlegethon Where the Tyrants are Immmersed in Blood According To The Degree of Their Guilt; Virgil, Dante and Nessus Reach the Middle. At top, a town. Verso: Bell or Hat?

Attributed to Alessandro Vellutello

early 16th century

1966.12:5

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Inferno, Canto XIII. Virgil and Dante in the Forest of Those of Who Have Committed Suicide. They Meet Piero delle Vigne, Lano da Siena, and Giacomo da Sant' Andrea Chased by Dogs. Six Harpies in the Forest. At top, a town

Attributed to Alessandro Vellutello

early 16th century

1966.12:6

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Inferno, Canto XX. The Circle of Soothsayers; Dante is Carried by Virgil; On the Bridge They Meet Figures with Their Heads Turned Backwards. At top, a town

Attributed to Alessandro Vellutello

1966.12:7

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Drawings and Prints