Dante Crosses the Stream of Blood of the Tyrants and Murderers on the Back of Nessus the Centaur

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Joseph Anton Koch

Title

Dante Crosses the Stream of Blood of the Tyrants and Murderers on the Back of Nessus the Centaur

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1808

Medium

Etching in black on cream laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso, lower left, in graphite: “...”; lower right, in graphite: “ANDRESEN 24 / Slg. F. Zollhoefer”

Dimensions

39.8 × 31.4 cm (15 11/16 × 12 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Mr. and Mrs. William O. Hunt, Harold Joachim Memorial Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2024.164

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