Dante and Beatrice (Primary Title)

Narcisse Lecomte, French, 1794 - 1882 (Artist)

1855
French
Works On Paper
Prints
line and stipple engraving on paper
Sheet: 21 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (54.93 × 40.01 cm)
Plate: 19 3/8 × 12 5/16 in. (49.21 × 31.27 cm)
Image: 14 1/4 × 7 3/4 in. (36.2 × 19.69 cm)
35.1.358
Not on view
Printed beneath image, lower left: "PEINT PAR ARY SCHEFFER."; lower right: "GRAVÉ PAR N. LECOMTE"; lower center: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by M. Knoedler, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the southern District of New York./ DANTE & BEATRICE/ Beatrice tutta nell'eterné vuote/ Fissa con gli occhi stava; ed io, in ler/ Le luci fisse di lassù rimote,/ Nel suo aspetto tal dentro mi fei..../ (Dante- Paradiso, I, V. 54)." Printed in lower left corner: "Berlin_ Verlag von Goupil & Co."; lower center: "Imprimé & Publié par GOUPIL & Cie, le 1er 8 bre 1855./ PARIS_ LONDON"; lower right corner: "New York_ Publd. by Goupil & Co."
Bequest of John Barton Payne
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