Dante and Virgil
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| French: Dante et Virgile | |
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| Artist | William-Adolphe Bouguereau |
| Year | 1850 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Subject | The Divine Comedy |
| Dimensions | 281 cm × 225 cm (111 in × 89 in) |
| Location | Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
Dante and Virgil is an 1850 oil on canvas painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. It is on display at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.[1] The painting depicts a scene from the Divine Comedy which is Dante and Virgil looking on as two damned souls are entwined in combat. One of the souls is an alchemist and heretic named Capocchio. In this depiction Capocchio is being bitten on the neck by Gianni Schicchi who had used fraud to claim another man's inheritance.[1]
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- ^ a b "Musée d'Orsay: William Bouguereau Dante and Virgil". www.musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
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