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The Circle of the Thieves; Buoso Donati Attacked by the Serpent

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Engraving, Dante's Inferno Canto XXV

Dante's Inferno Canto XXV, Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Rogers Fund 1917

William Blake (Artist) Related author Dante Alighieri (Author)

Prints Male Nudes Women Snakes

ca. 1825–27, 1820, 1832

Title: The Circle of the Thieves; Buoso Donati Attacked by the Serpent

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Engraving, Dante's Inferno Canto XXV.

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