Album of drawings after John Flaxman's illustrations for The divine comedy, as engraved by Étienne Achille Reveil.
Published / Created:
not before 1833.
Physical Description:
1 volume (107 drawings) : graphite ; 22 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts PQ4329 .F53 1833aYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund; Gift of Diane Nixon
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Notes:
Early manuscript note (in graphite) to front pastedown: Monsieur Adam, peintre, no. 27 Metz.Contains copies, perhaps direct tracings, from Flaxman's Dante sequence, taken from the version engraved by Étienne Achille Reveil for his Parisian edition of the English artist's works (Paris, 1833).
Subject Terms:
Dante Alighieri, 1265–1321. Divina commedia -- Illustrations. | Drawing -- Study and teaching.
