Dante Window (study for Purgatorio, Medallion 8, Canto 30: Head of one of the figures of Virtue)

Violet Oakley, Dante Window (study for Purgatorio, Medallion 8, Canto 30: Head of one of the figures of Virtue), ca. 1912, sanguine chalk heightened with white on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation, 1983.39.6
Copied Violet Oakley, Dante Window (study for Purgatorio, Medallion 8, Canto 30: Head of one of the figures of Virtue), ca. 1912, sanguine chalk heightened with white on paper mounted on paperboard, sheet: 9 5⁄8 x 7 1⁄4 in. (24.4 x 18.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation, 1983.39.6

Artwork Details

Title
Dante Window (study for Purgatorio, Medallion 8, Canto 30: Head of one of the figures of Virtue)
Artist
Date
ca. 1912
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 9 5⁄8 x 7 1⁄4 in. (24.4 x 18.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation
Mediums
Mediums Description
sanguine chalk heightened with white on paper mounted on paperboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Literature — Dante — Divine Comedy
  • Figure female — head
  • Study
  • Allegory — quality — virtue
Object Number
1983.39.6
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1983.39.6