Pluto riding a chariot descending into Hell, from "Division of the Universe"
Giulio Bonasone · Italian
Date: 1531–76
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 7 11/16 x 10 in. (19.5 x 25.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Themes: Chariots, Hell, Horses, Mythology, Pluto
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Date range
1531 – 1576
Largest dimension
25.4 cm
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