Leonard Baskin
(American, 1922–2000)
Peter Damian (Paradiso, Canto 21, lines 121-123)
Object Details
Artist
Leonard Baskin
Date
ca. 1969
Medium
Pen and ink on wove paper
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 40 1/2 × 27 3/16 inches (102.9 × 69.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Janet Marqusee, Class of 1952, and John E. Marqusee, Class of 1951
Object
Number
95.007.004
The caption for this image comes from Dante Alighieri’s “The Divine Comedy”, translated by Thomas G.(…)
The 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 houseNamed for our lady hard by Adria’s shore.”
