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Composition study for Paradiso: "The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri" stained glass window, Robert J. Collier House
Composition study for Paradiso: "The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri" stained glass window, Robert J. Collier House

Composition study for Paradiso: "The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri" stained glass window, Robert J. Collier House

Collier House, "Dante" Window
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New York, NY

Object Details

Title:
Composition study for Paradiso: "The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri" stained glass window, Robert J. Collier House
Date:
c. 1910–12
Artist:
Medium:
Pen and ink and graphite on paper
Dimensions
63 x 42 1/4 in.
Classification
No items found.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[six "pages" flanking the central images in ink]: [Italian text from the corresponding canto]

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