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Dante and Virgil in Inferno crossing the cocytus, 1866 (engraving)

Dante and Virgil in Inferno crossing the cocytus, 1866 (engraving)
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Image title
Dante and Virgil in Inferno crossing the cocytus, 1866 (engraving)
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Artist
Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / French
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Location
British Library, London, UK
Medium
engraving
Date
1866 AD (C19th AD)
Image description

Dante and Virgil walk across the frozen lake Caina within the first Ring of the Ninth Circle of Hell, where those punished for the betrayal of family are frozen up to their necks in ice. An image from Dante's 'Inferno'. I A dozen specimens of Gustave Doré from his Inferno of Dante, Fairy Tales of Perrault, and Captain Castagnette of Manuel. Author: Dore, G / Illustrator: Dore, G London, [1866] Source/Shelfmark: 1871.e.20 plate IV.

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From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
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14th century / 19th century / two persons / Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) (work) / Alighieri Dante (1265-1321) (personality) / writer / hell / France / Europe / engraving / Italy / legend / literature / mythology / religion / Virgil (-70 - -19) / poet / ancient Rome / Antiquity / Doré Gustave (1832-1883) / painter / artist / art / black and white / illustration

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