The Circle of the Thieves; Agnolo Brunelleschi Attacked by a Six-Footed Serpent

1827

William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.8 x 35.6 cm (10 15/16 x 14 in.)
    sheet: 41.2 x 60 cm (16 1/4 x 23 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.5399

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bindman 1978, no. 650

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Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond; and Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1965, no. 92.

  • Romantic Art, 1750-1900, American Federation of Arts, New York, NY, 1965-1966, no. 28.

1972

  • A Selection of Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, ME, 1972.

1989

  • Image and Word, Elizabeth Myers Mitchell Art Gallery, St. John's College, Annapolis, MD, 1989.

2023

  • Going through Hell: The Divine Dante, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Bibliography

1978

  • Bindman, David. The Complete Graphic Works of William Blake. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978.

Wikidata ID

Q65026667

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