Alessandro Allori
1535-1607

Dante’s Purgatory
1574-1578
black chalk, pen, partially diluted ink, white lead, brush

Firenze, Gallerie degli Uffizi, Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, inv. 11071 F
facsimile

This sheet depicts the entire topography of Purgatory in a single image: the beach where the helmsman angel lands, the Valley of the Rulers, the portal with its guardian angel, and the seven terraces of the mountain that rises to the Earthly Paradise.