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The Six-Footed Serpent Attacking Agnolo Brunelleschi
Date: ca. 1826-1827
Maker: William Blake , British, 1757 - 1827
Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 13 in. (24.2 x 33 cm.) sheet: 9 11/16 x 13 in. (24.6 x 33 cm.)
Medium: pencil on wove paper
Credit Line: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Object Number: 000.43
Label Text: A preliminary drawing for the fourth Dante engraving. The poor condition of the paper and pencil lines may have resulted from the transfer of the drawing facedown onto the copperplate.