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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M5348
People
Anonymous Italy (Venice) 1491, Italian, Venetian
Title
Canto XXVI. The Eighth Sphere: The Fixed Stars; Saint James; The Examination of Love (Caritas); The Expulsion of Adam and Eve
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Illustrations from Dante, Divine Comedy. Venice, Pietro Cremonese, Nov. 1491
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
15th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/252360

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Woodcut

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Philip Hofer, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

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
M5348
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Deborah Carton, "The Practice of Hand-Coloring Prints in the Early Years of Printmaking Revealed by the Technical Examination of Two Hand-Colored Prints from the Fogg Collection" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2001), Unpublished, passim

Verification Level

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