Unknown Artist (Venice, late 15th century)
printed and published by Petrus de Quarengiis (Italian, active 1492-1514)
original text by Dante (Italian, c. 1265-1321)
portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932)
Inferno: Canto XII (Circle Seven, First Ring) from Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy), Plate 52 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century
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Unknown Artist (Venice, late 15th century)
printed and published by Petrus de Quarengiis (Italian, active 1492-1514)
original text by Dante (Italian, c. 1265-1321)
portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932)1497, portfolio assembled 1929
Inferno: Canto XII (Circle Seven, First Ring) from Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy), Plate 52 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century
Unknown Artist (Venice, late 15th century) printed and published by Petrus de Quarengiis (Italian, active 1492-1514) original text by Dante (Italian, c. 1265-1321) portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855–1932) →woodcutprint
Date
1497, portfolio assembled 1929
Medium
Woodcut in black, and letterpress in black (recto and verso), on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat
Dimensions
Image: 8.3 × 8.2 cm (3 5/16 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 30.4 × 20.4 cm (12 × 8 1/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund