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

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

1-157-501 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Dante and Virgil in the inferno, 1863. Dante, guided by Virgil, in the third gulf of the eighth circle, observes those guilty of simony suffering burning, buried head first with just their legs and feet exposed, 1863. 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), Canto XIX.

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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

Society & Culture Death & Burial

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2902x3612
File Size : 30,710kb

Aliases

  1. 001857
  1. 001857
  1. 0390004301
  1. 1-157-501
  1. 1157501
  1. 4301
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