Agnolo Brunelleschi attacked by a six-footed serpent, by Blake

An image of The Circle of the Thieves: Agnolo Brunelleschi Attacked by a Six-Footed Serpent. Inferno, Canto XXV. Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Engraving, black carbon ink on paper, height, plate, 278 mm, width, plate, 352 mm; height, sheet, 293 mm, width, sheet, 435 mm, 1827. Progress proof taken by Blake himself, printed on ordinary paper. The abdomen of Agnolo Brunelleschi and of the figure to the right are before the addition of further modelling. Plate 4 to Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy.

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The Circle of the Thieves: Agnolo Brunelleschi Attacked by a Six-Footed Serpent. Inferno, Canto XXV. Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Engraving, black carbon ink on paper, height, plate, 278 mm, width, plate, 352 mm; height, sheet, 293 mm, width, sheet, 435 mm, 1827. Progress proof taken by Blake himself, printed on ordinary paper. The abdomen of Agnolo Brunelleschi and of the figure to the right are before the addition of further modelling. Plate 4 to Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy.

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Accession Number: P.58-1950
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
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