Dante Meditating on the "Divine Comedy", 1843

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Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash and watercolor over graphite, heightened with white gouache, on 3 joined sheets of laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 42.3 x 36.1 cm (16 5/8 x 14 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Christian Humann Foundation

Accession Number

1996.128.14

Artists / Makers

Jean-Jacques Feuchère (artist) French, 1807 - 1852

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in brown ink: JFeuchere 1843; upper center verso in pen and brown ink: Maturaque

Provenance

(Probably Feuchere sale, Paris, Hotel des Ventes Mobilières, 10 March 1853, no. 41); Christian Humann; The Christian Humann Foundation, Paris, 1981; gift to NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Feuchère, Jean-Jacques
Humann Foundation, Christian, The
Humann, Christian
Hôtel des Ventes Mobilières