Dante and the Usurers (from Dante's "Divine Comedy")
DrawingsBritish19th century

Dante and the Usurers (from Dante's "Divine Comedy")

1824-1827

Artists

William BlakeArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Graphite, black ink, gray wash, black chalk, and watercolor on off-white antique laid paper
Culture
British
Century
19th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

36.8 × 52.3 cm (14 1/2 × 20 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Related Artworks

View More
Study for The Question (The Sphinx); verso: Study for "Astarte Syriaca"
Drawings
Study for The Question (The Sphinx); verso: Study for "Astarte Syriaca"
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1875

Graphite on off-white laid paper

19th centuryBritish
Male Left Leg, for "The Tree of Forgiveness"; verso: Male Head and Torso
Drawings
Male Left Leg, for "The Tree of Forgiveness"; verso: Male Head and Torso
Edward Burne-Jones, 19th century

Graphite on cream modern laid paper; verso: purple chalk

19th centuryBritish
The Complaint of the Giant Nimrod (from Dante's "Divine Comedy"); verso: slight black chalk sketch for recto
Drawings
The Complaint of the Giant Nimrod (from Dante's "Divine Comedy"); verso: slight black chalk sketch for recto
William Blake, 1824-1827

Watercolor, black ink, graphite, and black chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black chalk

19th centuryBritish
Falls of Schaffhausen
Drawings
Falls of Schaffhausen
John Ruskin, 1842

Watercolor, gouache, and brown ink on gray-beige wove paper, darkened

19th centuryBritish
Study of "Night's" Leg, after Michelangelo; verso: Study of "Night," after Michelangelo
Drawings
Study of "Night's" Leg, after Michelangelo; verso: Study of "Night," after Michelangelo
Edward Burne-Jones, 19th century

Purple chalk on cream modern laid paper

19th centuryBritish
Street Scene
Drawings
Street Scene
John Ruskin, c. 1863-1869

Graphite on cream wove paper, darkened to brown

19th centuryBritish
Scene at the Beach
Drawings
Scene at the Beach
Charles Samuel Keene, 19th century

Watercolor, black ink, and white gouache on cream wove paper

19th centuryBritish
Study for "Dante's Dream": Head of Marie Spartali (Mrs. William J. Stillman)
Drawings
Study for "Dante's Dream": Head of Marie Spartali (Mrs. William J. Stillman)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1870

Red, brown, and white chalk on blue-green wove paper

19th centuryBritish
Notre Dame, Louviers
Drawings
Notre Dame, Louviers
Samuel Prout, 19th century

Brown ink and wash on buff paper, discolored

19th centuryBritish
Nature Study
Drawings
Nature Study
Robert Hills, 18th-19th century

Watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper

18th-19th centuryBritish
Beauvais Cathedral
Drawings
Beauvais Cathedral
Unidentified Artist, 19th century

Watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper

19th centuryBritish
Study for the Samaritan at the Inn Door
Drawings
Study for the Samaritan at the Inn Door
Charles Haslewood Shannon, 19th-20th century

Black crayon and black and white chalk on gray paper

19th-20th centuryBritish
Dante and the Usurers (from Dante's "Divine Comedy") | Harvard Art Museums | KenAI