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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British, The Six-Footed Serpent Attacking Agnolo Brunelleschi (Plate 4), 1827
- Title:
- The Six-Footed Serpent Attacking Agnolo Brunelleschi (Plate 4)
- Additional Title(s):
- '...lo! a serpent with six feet Springs forth on one,' Hell; Canto XXV, Line 45
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1827
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and engraving with chine-collé on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 1/4 × 21 1/2 inches (38.8 × 54.6 cm), Plate: 10 5/8 × 14 inches (27 × 35.5 cm), Image: 9 1/2 × 13 1/4 inches (24.1 × 33.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Plate IV The Circle of the Thieves | Agnolo attacked by a Serpent"; lower right: "B.130 only state"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1992.8.8(4)
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3973
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The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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