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Dante and Virgil looking into the inferno, 1863. Artist: Gustave Doré

Dante and Virgil looking into the inferno, 1863. Artist: Gustave Doré

1-152-336 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Dante and Virgil looking into the inferno, 1863. Dante, keeping close to his guide Virgil, looks down at one of the sinners burning in hell in their open tombs. Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was a great admirer of Virgil, and in his Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy), Virgil accompanies Dante through Purgatory and Inferno. From Inferno, first part of Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy).

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People Information

Creator
  1. Gustave Doré, attributed to: French: Artist, printmaker, painter, sculptor
Subject
  1. Virgil: Roman: Poet, author
  2. Dante Alighieri: Italian: Author, poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, political thinker
People Related
  1. Dante Alighieri: Italian: Author, poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, political thinker
Medium
  1. Engraving
Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Christianity

Society & Culture Art & Literature

Artistic Representations Allegories

Society & Culture Death & Burial

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2886x3636
File Size : 30,743kb

Aliases

  1. 000554
  1. 000554
  1. 0390001280
  1. 1-152-336
  1. 1152336
  1. 1280
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