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Gustave Doré’s ‘Dante and Virgil’: an early commission from the Scottish collector Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 447-449
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Author:
WATSON, Andrew M. (WATSON, Andrew M.)
Subjects
artists:
Doré, Gustave
patrons:
Macdonald of Kepplestone, Alexander
subjects:
Divine Comedy (Dante) / French art / Commissions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. The psalterion, by Gustave Doré. 1868. Oil on canvas, 130.2 by 87.3 cm. (Royal Collection Trust;   Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021).
Attributed works:
7. Alexander Macdonald, by George Reid. 1879. Oil on canvas, 75 by 56 cm. (Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum).
Attributed works:
8. Dante kneeling before the celestial helmsman, by Gustave Doré. 1868. Ink sketch on paper in a letter from Doré to Alexander Macdonald, 30th May 1868. (Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives).
Attributed works:
9. Dante kneeling before the celestial helmsman, by Henri Théophile Hildibrand after Gustave Doré. c.1868. Engraving, 25 by 20 cm. From The vision of Purgatory and Paradise, London and New York 1868. (Private collection).