30th Canto, Falsifiers in Deeds

1923

Willy Jaeckel

Associated Names
Willy Jaeckel

Artist, German, 1888 - 1944

Dante Alighieri

Author, Italian, 1265 - 1321

Hans Heinrich Tillgner Verlag

Publisher

This is a drawing of a group of reclining figures. The scene shows multiple figures intertwined and positioned in various reclining and prone postures. The figures express a sense of fluidity and motion within a static group arrangement, with some lying on the ground and others stretching their limbs in different directions. The use of shading, particularly in the darker background, creates depth and enhances the forms of the figures, giving the piece a sense of volume and texture. The drawing employs a monochromatic palette, highlighting the interplay of light and shadow across the surfaces of the bodies.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    softground etching and drypoint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Christopher and Beverly With in memory of Karl and Gerda With

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.81 × 23.81 cm (5 7/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 24.13 × 36.51 cm (9 1/2 × 14 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.156.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stilijanov-Nedo 1987, no. 95

  • Series Title

    Inferno (Die Hölle)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christopher and Beverly With, Washington, D.C.; acquired 2019 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1987

  • Stilijanov-Nedo, Ingrid. Willy Jaeckel 1888-1944, Das Druckgraphische Werk. Regensburg: 1987: no. 95.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: [undeciphered]; lower right in graphite: Jaeckel; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: R. 1225 [undeciphered] 41

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