The Barque of Dante
Eugène Delacroix · 1822
The story
The Barque of Dante, also known as Dante and Virgil, is an 1822 oil painting by the French artist Eugène Delacroix, now in the Louvre. The painting is based on Canto VIII of Dante Alighieri's poem Inferno, depicting Dante and his companion Virgil crossing the river Styx on Phlegyas's boat, onto which damned souls cling.
- Artist
- Eugène Delacroix
- Date
- 1822
- Collection
- Louvre, Paris, France
- Movement
- Romanticism
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 189 × 241.5 cm
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