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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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