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Dante and Virgil beset by demons on their passage through the eighth circle, 1861. Artist: Gustave Doré

Dante and Virgil beset by demons on their passage through the eighth circle, 1861. Artist: Gustave Doré

1-153-122 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Dante and Virgil beset by demons on their passage through the eighth circle, 1861. 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. Wood engraving
Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Christianity

Society & Culture Art & Literature

Artistic Representations Allegories

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3649x2882
File Size : 30,810kb

Aliases

  1. 002196
  1. 002196
  1. 0390002072
  1. 1-153-122
  1. 1153122
  1. 2072
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