The Circle of the Traitors; Dante's Foot Striking Bocca degli Abbate

1827

William Blake

Associated Names
William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

This is an ink drawing depicting two figures standing on the surface of a frozen lake. Distorted faces can be seen beneath the ice. The background includes a cliff with faces carved into the rock. The artwork conveys dramatic emotion through its composition, lines, and shadows.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.8 × 50.7 cm (13 5/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5536

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bindman 1978, no. 653

  • Series Title

    Dante's "Divine Comedy": pl.7 ("Inferno," canto XXXII)

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

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

Bibliography

1978

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

Wikidata ID

Q65026678

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