Dante and Virgil

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Dante and Virgil (William-Adolphe Bouguereau) — Dante and Virgil · William-Adolphe Bouguereau · 1850.

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About this work

Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905)
Year: 1850
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 281 × 225 cm
Collection: Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Movement: Academic

Two damned souls fight in the eighth circle of Hell: the heretic Capocchio is bitten in the neck by the alchemist Gianni Schicchi, who has him by the hair and the back, while Dante and Virgil watch from the left in red and blue robes and a winged demon grins above a landscape of burning bodies. The scene comes from Canto XXX of Dante's Inferno. Bouguereau painted it in 1850, aged twenty-five, as a bid for attention at the Salon after twice failing to win the Prix de Rome; he won the prize that year with another work. The straining muscles and the demon are closer to Romanticism than to the polished mythologies of his later career. The picture is in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24 in; 16×24 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Dante and Virgil in the public domain?

Yes. William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Musée d'Orsay.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Dante and Virgil painted, and in what medium?

Dante and Virgil dates from 1850 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 281 × 225 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

Dante and Virgil (William-Adolphe Bouguereau) — Dante and Virgil · William-Adolphe Bouguereau · 1850. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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