Featured on PDR in the collection 700 Years of Dante’s Divine Comedy in Art

A man wakes deep in the woods, halfway through life. Far from home, unpermitted to return, his heart pierced by grief. He has strayed from the path. It's a dark night of the soul, his crisis so great that death becomes a tempting end. And then, as wild beasts advance upon this easy prey, his prayers are answered. A guide appears, promising to show him the way toward paradise. . .

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Inferno, Canto XXXIV: Lucifer devouring his victims.

Artist

Date

ca. 1590

From

Divine Comedy


Underlying Rights

Public Domain Worldwide

Digital Rights

No Additional Rights


Image Size

1200 x 1640

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