Dante Alighieri Inferno, first part of his Divina
Dante Alighieri Inferno, first part of his Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy) 1863. Canto XIV: Third compartment of the seventh circle where three kinds of violence punished; against God, against Nature and against Art. Unceasing was the play of wretched hands, / Now this, now that way glancing to shake off/The heat, still falling fresh'. Virgil and Dante look down upon souls in torment. From 1863 edition illustrated by Gustave Dore. Wood engraving
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13905554
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48513568
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4500px x 3492px
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World History Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library
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World History Archive





























