- He put forward an even larger painting inspired by Dante whose work was much loved by the Romantics and who captured all its dramatic beauty.
- I particularly like the way Bouguereau has exaggerated the depiction of Schicchi’s violent stretching of Capocchio’s skin, his finger nails starting to draw blood whilst...
- Virgil indicates the road to salvation and becomes his guide through the meanders of hell. This meeting takes place in the first Canto of Inferno in Dante's "Divine...
- This stunning painting comes to us from French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) and it really sets itself apart from most Inferno illustrations in...
- William Adolphe Bouguereau Dante ve Virgil Cehennemde. Tarih: 1850. Boyut: 280,5 x 225,3 cm.
- William-Adolphe Bouguereau was born in La Rochelle, France, on 30 November 1825, into a family of wine and olive oil merchants.
- Dante’s trying to pray-the-gay-away, but Virgil really wants him to give the action a good look, and that demon seems to think the whole thing is wildly funny.
- "Dante and Virgil" by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, painted in 1850, brings to life a scene from Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy."
- painting by William Bouguereau (Museum: Musée d'Orsay) [br] Having failed on two occasions to win the Prix de Rome (1848 and 1849), Bouguereau was...
- Dante and Virgil’s relationship is captured in a painting by French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau in 1850.