Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta Appraised by Dante and Virgil
Painting by Ary Scheffer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta appraised by Dante and Virgil (and several variant titles) is a composition painted in at least six very similar versions by Ary Scheffer between 1822 and 1855; all are in oils on canvas. The paintings show a scene from Dante's Inferno, of Dante and Virgil in the shadows to the right viewing the murdered lovers Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta in Hell. It "could be described as Scheffer's best work".[1]
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Artist | Ary Scheffer |
Year | 1835 (1835) |
Dimensions | 58.2 cm × 80.5 cm (22.9 in × 31.7 in) |
Location | The Wallace Collection, London |
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