The Inferno According to Dante

Anonymousca. 1460-1480

Details

Title: The Inferno According to Dante
Creator: Anonymous
Date Created: ca. 1460-1480
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. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1944
Materials & Techniques: Engraving on thin laid paper
Keywords: Dante Alighieri, death, hell, Inferno
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Posthumous, printed ca. 1812; indications of possible posthumous rework (no contemporary impressions noted in Hind); impressions of this print were published in the first and second editions of Pisa Illustrata, Pisa, 1787-93 and Livorno, 1812, respectively
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 225 mm x 283 mm (8.86 in. x 11.14 in.). Sheet dimensions: 230 mm x 288 mm (9.06 in. x 11.34 in.).
Bibliography: Hind A.I-59 (vol. 1, p. 49 and plate 55); Passavant 102 (vol. 5, p. 43); National Gallery of Art, Early Italian Engraving, cat. 10; PCA “Census”
Associated People: Created by Anonymous
Accession Number: 1944.D1.16

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