Dante and Virgil on the Edge of the Stygian Pool (from Dante's "Divine Comedy")
DrawingsBritish19th century

Dante and Virgil on the Edge of the Stygian Pool (from Dante's "Divine Comedy")

1824-1827

Artists

William BlakeArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Gray wash, graphite, black ink, black chalk, and watercolor on off-white antique laid paper
Culture
British
Century
19th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

37 × 52.3 cm (14 9/16 × 20 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

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