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Supporting museums Art we've helped buy The Devils with Dante and Virgil by the Side of the Pool
The Devils with Dante and Virgil by the Side of the Pool The Devils with Dante and Virgil by the Side of the Pool

The Devils with Dante and Virgil by the Side of the Pool

William Blake

Art Funded
1919
Dimensions
37.2 x 52.7 cm
Vendor
Linnell family
A drawing from the series to illustrate Dante's 'Divine Comedy'.

Few of the Dante drawings were completely finished, and only seven engraved, but the series is one of the biggest undertaken by Blake and the last legacy of his imagination.

Provenance

Commissioned by the artist, John Linnell. Collection of John Linnell and heirs.

Pencil, pen and ink and watercolour on paper

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