Why it matters
Dante and Virgil look on as two damned souls fight for eternity: the trickster Gianni Schicchi bites the neck of the alchemist and heretic Capocchio. It was Bouguereau's third, unsuccessful attempt to win the Prix de Rome.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1850.
- The scene comes from Dante's Divine Comedy.
- It is in the Musée d'Orsay.
Based on the Wikipedia article Dante and Virgil (CC BY-SA 4.0).
