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Boca Degli Abati in the Lake of Ice,

Plate 7 from the set of engraved illustrations, Dante’s Inferno

Engraving on linen

Only state

Print impression quality: Excellent

Dimensions (Plate): 234 x 338 mm (9.2 x 13.3 in.)

Watermark: Unbleached Arnold

Edition: Restrike from plate in the Rosenwald collection at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (plate 7)

Accession number: 1973.20.5.7

Anonymous gift, 1973

Dante’s Inferno, Canto XXXII, 1.79: “Wherefore dost bruise me? weeping, he exclaimed”

Bibliography: Binyon 133.

Work Type: print

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• lakes
• literature (writings)
• restrikes
• water
• ice

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