"Dante and Virgil in Hell" by William-Adolphe Bouguereau - A Look
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A Look at William-Adolphe Bouguereau ✔ The Dante and Virgil Painting ✔ An Analysis of the Work ✔ The "Dante and Virgil in Hell" Meaning ✔

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  • pageflight@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 个月前

    Dante and Virgil [are] traveling through Hell’s eighth circle, which is Fraud, and specifically the “damned” men known as Capocchio, who was known as an alchemist and heretic, and Gianni Schicchi, who reportedly impersonated Buoso Donati in a gruesome fight.