The Circle of the Corrupt Officials; the Devils Tormenting Ciampolo

1827

William Blake

Associated Names
William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

This drawing features several figures in a dramatic and dynamic interaction within a stylized landscape. The figures have muscular bodies and expressive postures, engaging with each other amidst swirling patterns in the background. The scene conveys a sense of tension and conflict.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 31.8 × 50 cm (12 1/2 × 19 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5396

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bindman 1978, no. 648

  • Series Title

    Dante's "Divine Comedy": pl.2 ("Inferno," canto XXII)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • William Blake, Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1965, no. 36.

1987

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 1987.

Bibliography

1978

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

Wikidata ID

Q65026662

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