The Barque of Dante

Eugène Delacroix

1822 · Oil on canvas · Musée du Louvre, Paris

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About this work

Artist: Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863)
Year: 1822
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 189 × 241.5 cm
Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Movement: Romanticism

Dante and Virgil cross the river Styx in Phlegyas's boat while the damned claw at the hull and bite its timbers, and the city of Dis burns in the smoke behind them. The scene is from Canto VIII of the Inferno, a passage then little known in France. It was Delacroix's first painting shown in public and his first entry to the Paris Salon, in 1822, worked up at speed in about two and a half months and finished days before the opening. The response was divided: Gros compared it to Rubens, others found the composition loose. The state bought it for 2,000 francs and placed it in the Musée du Luxembourg, which guaranteed its transfer to the Louvre after the artist's death; it arrived there in 1874. The droplets of water on the figures, painted in unmixed touches of pure colour, are an early sign of Delacroix's analytical approach to colour.

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

Where it works

Dante and Virgil crossing the Styx with the damned clawing at the hull and a burning city behind, a dark picture for a study, library wall or den at 32×24 in black. A charcoal, deep red or dark green wall; it reads across a room.

Style: Romanticism painting
Era: 19th century (1822)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: grand
Rooms: living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. Prints at 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard; 32×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.

Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural oak frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original plate — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in; 16×12 and 24×18 and 32×24 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 The Barque of Dante in the public domain?

Yes. Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) 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 du Louvre.

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 The Barque of Dante painted, and in what medium?

The Barque of Dante dates from 1822 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 189 × 241.5 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

The Barque of Dante (Eugène Delacroix) — the painting printed edge-to-edge at its own proportions. The Barque of Dante · Eugène Delacroix · 1822. 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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