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Summary:The forty drawings on tracing paper illustrate the 33 canti of Dante's Paradiso and are mounted on sheets bound into an album
Image, Italian, [ca. 1830-ca. 1840]
Genre:Drawings
Physical Description:40 drawings and 3 prints in 1 album : black pencil on tracing paper ; album 42 cm
OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:83628015
Notes:
The drawings are numbered 1 to 41. Drawing numbered 3 is lacking
Eight handwritten notes quoting verses from the Paradiso for drawings 1 to 9, and eight strips of paper indicating the verse numbers for drawings 10 to 18 were laid in next to the corresponding illustrations. They are now sleeved together at the beginning of the album, along with photocopies of the texts indicated on the strips
Included in the album are three prints by Giovanni Masselli after Nenci's drawings, each bearing a quote from the Paradiso
Title devised
Inscriptions on front flyleaf: A. Dansette (nom du collectioneur). Bruxelles, vente salle Ste Gudule (Fievez), 22 octobre 1919. Le Dante et Béatrice par François Nenci (Ec. ital.) XIXe s. Suite gravée par Gio. Masselli, v. les planches 24-40 et 41 Youba . 41 dessins (manque no. 3)
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