Dante and Virgil in Hell by Gustave Courtois

Year: 1879Artist: Categories: ,

Dante and Virgil in Hell (also known as the Ninth Circle for the Traitors to the Country) is a painting by French academic artist Gustave Courtois. The painting depicts a scene from Dante’s Inferno, which is the first section of the Divine Comedy, considered one of the most notable works from poet and language theorist, Dante Alighieri.

 

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