The Complaint of the Giant Nimrod (from Dante's "Divine Comedy"); verso: slight black chalk sketch for recto
DrawingsBritish19th century

The Complaint of the Giant Nimrod (from Dante's "Divine Comedy"); verso: slight black chalk sketch for recto

1824-1827

Artists

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

Dimensions

52.9 × 37.2 cm (20 13/16 × 14 5/8 in.)

Provenance

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

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