After John FlaxmanThe Bark of Purgatory 1807

After John Flaxman, ‘The Bark of Purgatory’ 1807
Full screen
License this image

Share this artwork

Artwork details

Artist
After John Flaxman (1755‑1826)
Title
The Bark of Purgatory
From The Divine Poem of Dante Alighieri
Date 1807
MediumEtching on paper
Dimensionsimage: 131 x 192 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996
Reference
T11116
View this artwork by appointment, at Tate Britain's Prints and Drawings Rooms

Other works of art you may be interested in

<
>
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807
After John Flaxman
1807

Find similar artworks

Artist

John Flaxman (287)

Category

On paper, print (15,817)

Decade

1800-9 (6,353)

Style or ‘-ism’

18th century (462)
Neo-Classicism (310)

Subject

literature and fiction (2,343)
characters (322)
Dante (74)
Virgil (61)
literature (not Shakespeare) (1,839)
Dante, 'Divine Comedy: Purgatorio' (45)
nature (37,449)
water: inland (11,433)
river (7,935)
weather (3,204)
sunbeam (230)
people (21,186)
actions: postures and motions (6,764)
kneeling (438)
adults (19,627)
man (8,608)
woman (7,622)
groups (4,780)
group (3,973)
nudes (2,020)
female (1,338)
male (734)
places (23,428)
mythical, religious, fictional (221)
Purgatory (29)
religion and belief (2,375)
Judaeo-Christian imagery (527)
Purgatory (38)
universal religious imagery (671)
angel (237)
prayer (90)
society (14,246)
transport: water (7,828)
boat - non-specific (2,015)
work and occupations (5,206)
literary (254)
poet (136)

Context

Tate Collection
Gifts and bequests
Oppé Collection