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Inferno, Canto I, 1442-1450. Creator: Priamo della Quercia.

Inferno, Canto I, 1442-1450. Creator: Priamo della Quercia.

3-056-591 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Inferno, Canto I, 1442-1450. Dante asleep in front of the dark wood; Dante looks at the rays of the sun; Dante attacked by the leopard, the lion, and thrown down by the she-wolf; Dante meets Virgil, Beatrice descending from above. Dante was a great admirer of Virgil, and in his work The Divine Comedy, Virgil accompanies Dante through Purgatory and Inferno. From "Divina commedia" (The Divine Comedy).

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Creator
  1. Priamo della Quercia, attributed to: Italian: Artist, painter
Subject
  1. Dante Alighieri: Italian: Author, poet, philosopher, political thinker
  2. Virgil: Ancient Roman: Poet, author
People Related
  1. Paolo di Giovanni: Italian: Author
  2. Dante Alighieri: Italian: Author, poet, philosopher, political thinker
Picture Type
  1. Manuscript
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 6988x2498
File Size : 51,141kb

Aliases

  1. Shelfmark ID: Y.T.36. Folio No: 2.Min.
  1. 1280000103
  1. 3-056-591
  1. 3056591
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