Attributed to Alessandro Vellutello

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Purgatorio, Canti XV-XVII, The Purgation of Anger: Section of the Mountain, Suns on the Upper and Lower Left; Virgil and Dante Climb out of the Passage; Dante has Vision of Three Examples of Meekness; Virgil and Dante Meet the Wrathful Immersed in a Cloud of Smoke; Dante and Virgil Meet Marco Lombardo; Three Visions of Wrath Punished; The Angel of Peace Beside the Entrance to the Next Circle

Pen and brown ink on paper.

8 1/8 x 11 inches (207 x 280 mm)

Gift of Mr. H.P. Kraus.

1966.12:15

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Watermark: none.
Formerly attributed to Italian School, 16th cent.

Inscription:

Inscribed by the artist, in pen and brown ink, at upper left, [illegible]; at upper right, "[...] / calliari. Beati onesti(?) / senz'una mala"; throughout, labelling the figures, "V[irgilio]; D[ante]; M[arco Lombardo]"; at lower left, "dante ha sonno et s'insogna(?) / q[uell]e [e superscript] [or 1a [a superscript] ie. prima ?] 3 storie. et virg.o [o superscript] li dice / che hai che non ti puoi tenere / Dante racconta l'insogna (?)"; above the representation of Dante's visions, "andando insogna Dante p. 3 esempi di patienza contra(?) l'ira / nel tempio di jius [ie. Ierusalemme?] , pazie[n]za di pisistrato, pazie[n]za di S. stef.o [o superscript]"; below and to the right of this, "fumo"; below this, "dante p[er] cagione del fumo / no[n] vede p[er]o pone la mano alla spalla a Virg.o [o superscript] / come fa il Cieco"; at upper center, above the row of the wrathful, "queste anime cantano Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi miserere nobis / et altre concordemente rispondeano Dona nobis pacem"; below this, "marco lo[m]bardo"; below this, "Terza Cornice Iracondi"; on the right, below the representation of the three visions, "tereo(?), Aman, madre di lavinia / apparisca in imaginazione a dante q[ues]ti [ti superscript] .3. / esempi d ira posti in terra a calpestarsi per purgarsi / del vizio dell'IRA".

Provenance:

J. I. Davis, London; H. P. Kraus (1907-1988), Vienna and New York, by whom presented to the Pierpont Morgan Library in 1966.

Associated names:

Anonymous, Italian School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Davis, J. Irving, 1889-1967, former owner.
Kraus, Hans Peter, 1907-1988, former owner.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321, Divina Commedia.

Bibliography:

Rhoda Eitel-Porter, "Drawings for the Woodcut Illustrations to Alessandro Vellutello's 1544 Commentary on Dante's Comedia", Print Quarterly, XXXVI, March 2019, pp. 3-17
Matthew Collins, "The Forgotten Morgan Dante Drawings, Their Influence on the Marcolini Commedia of 1544, and Their Place within a Visually-Driven Discourse on Dante's Poem," Dante Studies 136 (2018): 93-132.
Lamberto Donati, "Commento ad una serie di disegni del XVI secolo illustranti la Divina Commedia", La Bibliofilia, LXV, 1963.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., ed. Fifteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1967 & 1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 91-92.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 150.

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