#ary scheffer

Les ombres de Francesca da Rimini et de Paolo Malatesta apparaissent à Dante et à Virgile (Ghosts of Paolo and Francesca Appear to Dante and Virgil), (Detail), (1855), by Ary Scheffer (Dutch-French, 1795 – 1858), oil on canvas, 171 cm (67.3 in) x 239 cm (94 in), Musée du Louvre

Heavenly and Earthly Love (Ary Scheffer, 1850)

[despair, supernatural || eurydice, sarah ruhl || eurydice hurried back to the infernal regions, henry thomsom || unkown || orpheus mourning the death of eurydice, ary scheffer || euridice recedes into the underworld, enrico scuri || slaughterhouse-five, kurt vonnegut || all along the watchtower, supernatural || planet of love, richard siken || letters from medea, salma deera || romeo and juliet, william shakespeare || advanced thanatology, supernatural || the oresteia, aeschylus || orpheus and eurydice, carl goos || unkown || metamorphoses, ovid || carry on, supernatural || the death of orpheus, henry leopold levy || do not bring him water, caitlin scarano]

Portrait of René, Cécile and Louise Franchomme, 1850 - by Ary Scheffer (1795 - 1858), Dutch/French

Dante and Virgil meet Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta depicts a scene from Dante Alghieri’s Inferno, the fourteenth century epic poem that tells of his journey through the rings of Hell, guided by the Ancient Roman poet Virgil.

Ary Scheffer

(Waddesdon Manor)

Ary Scheffer