Dante and Virgil
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
William-Adolphe Bouguereau was a French academic painter. In his realistic genre paintings he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body.
Max Resolution:2803×3515 PX
Title:Dante and Virgil
Original Title:Dante et Virgile
Artists:William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Date:1850
Style:Neoclassicism
Genre:illustration
Medium:oil,canvas
Location:Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
Dimensions:281×225 cm
Copyright:Public domain
Dante and Virgil is an 1850 oil on canvas painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. It is presently on display at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. The painting depicts 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.