Dante and Virgil watching Bertrand de Born hold his head away from his body to illustrate the spreading of disunity. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.

  • Pinelli, Bartolomeo, 1781-1835.
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1825
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661782i
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Episodes in Dante's Divine comedy. Etchings by B. Pinelli, 1824-1826.
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Dante and Virgil watching Bertrand de Born hold his head away from his body to illustrate the spreading of disunity. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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"Perch'io parti' così giunte persone, / partito porto il mio cerebro, lasso!, / dal suo principio ch'è in questo troncone" (Because I parted people so united, I carry my brain separate from its origin in this trunk) (Inferno canto 28, vv. 139-141)

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Roma [Rome] : [publisher not identified], 1825.

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1 print : etching ; platemark 27.8 x 35.5 cm

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E'l capo tronco tenea per le chiome, Presol col man, a guisa di lanterna. Canto XXVIII Inf.o di Dante. Pinelli inv. e inc. Roma 1825

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