Federico Zuccari
1539|1540-1609
Dante historiato
The Earthly Paradise: the chariot drawn by the gryphon. Appearance of Beatrice
1587
red chalk, black chalk, pen, ink
Firenze, Gallerie degli Uffizi, Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, inv. 3547 F
Purgatorio, Cantos XXIX-XXX. In the woods of the Earthly Paradise, Dante witnesses the mystical procession, in which a chariot drawn by a griffin and carrying Beatrice Portinari is preceded by twenty-four elders and surrounded by the theological and cardinal Virtues.