Why it matters
Dante and Virgil cross the river Styx in a boat while damned souls cling to its sides. It was Delacroix's first publicly exhibited picture.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1822.
- He worked on it intensively for two and a half months.
- The French state bought it for 2,000 francs.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Barque of Dante (CC BY-SA 4.0).
