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The Inferno According to Dante
The Inferno According to Dante

The Inferno According to Dante

Unidentified artist, Italian (Florentine), 15th century
about 1460–1480 (printed around 1800)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving (fine manner)
DimensionsSheet: 22.5 x 28.4 cm (8 7/8 x 11 3/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession number97.1260
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate, at upper left: Questo + elinferno + del + ca[m]po san / to + DiPisa +ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896; Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall (b. 1848 - d. 1898); 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: October 5, 2022)

NOTE: Henry F. Sewall offered his collection to the MFA for purchase in 1888. That purchase was finalized in 1897, one year after his death.

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about 1460–1480 (printed around 1800)
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Top far right
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about 1480–1500
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