Sujet

New terror I conceived at the steep plunge', c1890.

Légende

'New terror I conceived at the steep plunge', c1890. Dante and the Roman poet Virgil ride on the back of Geryon, the Monster of Fraud. Illustration from "The Vision of Hell" (Inferno), the first part of "The Divine Comedy" (La divina commedia) by Dante Alighieri. This long, narrative poem, written in Italian c1308-1321, tracing Dante's imaginary journey from Hell, through Purgatory and finally to Heaven and a beatific vision of God, has been published numerous times. This edition, published late 19th century, is illustrated by Gustave Dore. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, c1890]

Date

1890

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F11_423

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

51,9Mo (4,8Mo) / 32,2cm x 40,4cm / 3800 x 4776 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Gravure Italien Gens Homme le travail homme hommes vol arts pays crainte ailes métier queue endroit siècle profession littérature Enfer concept monstre mythologie effrayant à ailes terreur auteur mortel auteur 19e siècle créature mythique poésie poésie poète figure allégorique fraude dix-neuvième siècle The Print Collector Virgil gravure Gustave Dore Louis Christophe Gustave Dore Paul Gustave Dore Dante Alighieri Alighieri Dante Gustave Doré Doré Paul Gustave Dore Paul Gustave Dore Gustave Cassell Publius Dante Aligheri Aligheri Vergil Publius Vergilius Maro Petter and Galpin Vergilio Vergilius Maro Geryon