The Spirit of Filipo Argenti

Gustave Doré (1832-83), artist

Pannemaker, engraver

1861

Source: The Divine Comedy: The Inferno

Unlike Delacroix's famous Barque of Dante in the Louvre, whose horizontal format depicts the boat from the side, Doré's version establishes a viewpoint from the front at a slight angle. His Dante looks down at one of those in the Styx rather that away as in the Delacroix.

[Click on image to enlarge it.]

Formatting and text by George P. Landow

[You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]