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Dante and Virgil Meeting the Shades of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo, 1851 (oil on fabric)
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Artist
Scheffer, Ary (1795-1858) / Dutch
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA
Medium
oil on fabric
Date
1851 AD (C19th AD)
Dimensions
45.5x53 (framed) 24.7x33.2 (unframed) cms
Image description

Based on The Divine Comedy, Dante’s epic poem of the 1300s, this painting depicts Dante and the ancient Roman poet Virgil encountering the souls of Paolo and Francesca on a visit to Hell. Although in love with Paolo, Francesca was forced to marry his deformed brother for political reasons. When the jilted husband discovered the lovers embracing, he murdered them, apparently consigning them to Hell due to their adulterous affair. Virgil (70-19 BC) and Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) in Hell; Virgil wears laurel wreath, Dante in red;

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Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
nakedness / adultery / lovers / divine comedy / dead / stab wound / death / second circle of hell / suffering / tragedy / couple / adulterers / da polenta / Painting / Mzpainting

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