Album of Drawings for Dante's "Divine Comedy"

Provenance

By descent to the artist's niece, Miss Denman [1]; by descent to her nephew, Mr. Denman; (sale, Christie's, London, May 1862); Charles Sackville Bale [1791-1880], London (Lugt 640); (his sale, Christie's, London, 16 May 1881, lot 382); (Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd.). Walter Henry James [1846-1923], Betteshanger, England. (Raphael King, Ltd., London); Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1940; gift to the NGA, 1943. [1] It is possible that the album passed by descent to the artist's sister-in-law, Maria Denman, referred to as Miss Denman. Flaxman left Maria Denman many of his works upon his death.

Album of Drawings for Dante's "Divine Comedy"

Flaxman, John

c. 1793

Accession Number

1943.3.3734

Medium

bound volume with 78 drawings in pen and ink and graphite

Dimensions

sheet: 42.5 × 30.4 cm (16 3/4 × 11 15/16 in.) | book: 43.8 × 32.5 × 3.4 cm (17 1/4 × 12 13/16 × 1 5/16 in.)

Classification

Volume

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection