Divine Comedy: Dante Lost in the Wood, Escaping and Meeting Virgil

Anonymous1481

Details

Title: Divine Comedy: Dante Lost in the Wood, Escaping and Meeting Virgil
Creator: Anonymous
Date Created: 1481
Print State: Only state
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Olin Library transfer, 1958
Materials & Techniques: Engraving; fine manner on laid paper
Keywords: literature (writings)
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: The plate is printed at the foot of the page of Canto 1, generally found cut within bottom margin. Impressions of the first two plates, when found in books, are nearly always printed in brown ink.
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 92 mm x 169 mm (3.62 in. x 6.65 in.).
Bibliography: Hind A.V. 2-1 (I, 110; pl. 162a); PCA "Census"
Associated People: Created by Anonymous
Accession Number: 1958.10.2

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