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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M3609
People
Anonymous Italy (Brescia) 1487, Italian (15th century)
Title
Purgatory: The Terraces of the Wrathful and Slothful (Canto XVII)
Other Titles
Former Title: Illustration to Dante (Purgatorio XVII)
Alternate Title: Illustration to Dante (Purgatorio XVII) Boninus de Boninis
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1487
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Lombardy, Brescia
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/252827

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
image: 26 × 17.4 cm (10 1/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
sheet: 31.6 × 23.4 cm (12 7/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, on print, graphite: Dante. Bresica. 1487 [or 1482]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1929
Object Number
M3609
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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