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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M5280
People
Anonymous Italy (Venice) 1491, Italian, Venetian
Title
Hell: The Grafters in a River of Boiling Pitch (Canto XXII)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Illustrations from Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno. Venice, Pietro Cremonese, No
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1491
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/252306

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 30.4 × 21.3 cm (11 15/16 × 8 3/8 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Essling 532 (Hain 5950)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1932
Object Number
M5280
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • "Hell through the Ages", Index Magazine (e-journal, February 12, 2018), https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/article/hell-through-the-ages, accessed March 13, 2018

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/12/2017 - 07/18/2018

Verification Level

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