Ending this weekend at the National Gallery of Victoria is the current showing from their collection of works by William Blake. Not to be missed!
William BLAKEAntaeus setting down Dante and Virgil in the Last Circle of Hell (1824-1827)
illustration for The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Inferno XXXI, 112-143)
pen and ink and watercolour over pencil and black chalk, with sponging and scratching out
52.6 x 37.4 cm (sheet)
Butlin 812.63; Butlin & Gott 27
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
1012-3
Not half so famous as Blake, but much appreciated at bLOGOS/HA HA, is Albert Guillaume (1873-1942). Here, from The Debt Collection, is his vision of Dante and Virgil at Denfert Station as they update their hell realms tour.
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And, on the other side, the good wishes of the artist.
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detail
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