Study for "The Gates of Hell": Shades Speaking to Dante
c. 1883
Artists
Description
Drawing is irregularly shaped like an upside-down "L" and is laid down to tan paper, itself laid down to blue mount.
Dimensions
irregular: 19.4 x 11.8 cm (7 5/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Scott and Fowles, New York; acquired by Grenville L. Winthrop, January 1926 ($450); his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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