In Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy from 1320, he describes his three-part journey, beginning with a descent through hell, then climbing the mountain of Purgatory, and at last as a floating journey through paradise in space. Tovborg continues a tradition where artists, since the release of the Comedy, have imagined the three-part journey in map overviews. Tovborg has mapped the different sceneries of each book in three separate prints. In map of inferno Tovborg depicts the pit of hell like a funnel representing the underworld. For the second book map of purgatory depicts the mountain of Purgatory on an island, with a gate at the base of the mountain that you must enter to reach the top. In map of paradise Dante is floating out into a spherical space among the planets, towards God.

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Alexander Tovborg

map of purgatory, 2024

606

(incl. 25% Danish VAT €121)

Print technique
Hand coloring Line etching on Hahnemühle Bütten 300 g
Paper size 53 x 39.5 cm – Plate size 41.5 x 30 cm
Edition
Edition of 12
Series/Set
Series of 3
Printer
Printed by Thomas Castenschiold Dehlholm
Publisher
Published by BORCH Editions
Signed by:
Signed and numbered by the artist
Registration no
ID: AlTo 24 035-1

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Alexander Tovborg

map of paradise, 2024

606

(incl. 25% Danish VAT €121)

Print technique
Line etching on BFK Rives Black 280 g
Paper size 49.5 x 27.5 cm – Plate size 40 x 20 cm
Edition
Edition of 12
Series/Set
Series of 3
Printer
Printed by Thomas Castenschiold Dehlholm
Publisher
Published by BORCH Editions
Signed by:
Signed and numbered by the artist
Registration no
ID: AlTo 24 034-1

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Alexander Tovborg

map of inferno, 2024

606

(incl. 25% Danish VAT €121)

Print technique
Line etching on Hahnemühle Bütten 300 g
Paper size 46.5 x 39.5 cm – Plate size 30 x 30 cm
Edition
Edition of 12
Series/Set
Series of 3
Printer
Printed by Thomas Castenschiold Dehlholm
Publisher
Published by BORCH Editions
Signed by:
Signed and numbered by the artist
Registration no
ID: AlTo 24 036-1

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Alexander Tovborg

map of inferno, 2024

606

(incl. 25% Danish VAT €121)

Print technique
Line etching on Hahnemühle Bütten 300 g
Paper size 46.5 x 39.5 cm – Plate size 30 x 30 cm
Edition
Edition of 12
Series/Set
Series of 3
Printer
Printed by Thomas Castenschiold Dehlholm
Publisher
Published by BORCH Editions
Signed by:
Signed and numbered by the artist
Registration no
ID: AlTo 24 036-1

Have further questions? Ask a specialist or visit our Terms & Conditions.

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