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Supporting museums Art we've helped buy The Dante and Virgil Approaching the Angel Who Guards the Entrance of Purgatory
The Dante and Virgil Approaching the Angel Who Guards the Entrance of Purgatory The Dante and Virgil Approaching the Angel Who Guards the Entrance of Purgatory

The Dante and Virgil Approaching the Angel Who Guards the Entrance of Purgatory

William Blake

Art Funded
1919
Dimensions
52.7 x 37.3 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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