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Peter Damian (Paradiso, Canto 21, lines 121-123)

Artist (American, 1922–2000)
Dateca. 1969
MediumPen and ink on wove paper
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 40 1/2 × 27 3/16 inches (102.9 × 69.1 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineGift of Janet Marqusee, Class of 1952, and John E. Marqusee, Class of 1951
Terms
  • Drawings
  • Pen
  • Ink
  • Wove paper
  • American
Object number95.007.004
Label CopyThe caption for this image comes from Dante Alighieri's "The Divine Comedy", translated by Thomas G. Bergin and illustrated by Leonard Baskin, published in 1969. The caption reads: "In that place I was Peter Damian; Peter the sinner I was in the house Named for our lady hard by Adria's shore."
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