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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G599
People
Jacques Callot, French (Nancy 1592 - 1635 Nancy)
After Bernardino Poccetti, Italian (San Marino di Valdelsa, Italy 1548 - 1612 Florence, Italy)
Title
The Inferno According to Dante
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1612
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/280231

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet and image: 72.5 x 87.3 cm (28 9/16 x 34 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, in plate: Superiorum per missu. 1612.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856.
William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/ii
Standard Reference Number
M. 153, L. 72

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G599
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Dante, Illuminated, Index Magazine ([e-journal], January 25, 2017), http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/article/dante-illuminated, accessed 6/29/2017, repr.
  • "Hell through the Ages", Index Magazine (e-journal, February 12, 2018), https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/article/hell-through-the-ages, accessed March 13, 2018

Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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