15 Works, The amorous game, Fifteen artists imbedded with Francesca de Rimini et de Paolo Malatesta, with Footnotes #101

Henry Zaidan

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Vitale Sala (1803–1835)
Dante meets Paolo and Francesca, c. before 1823

Oil on canvas
height: 162.5 cm (63.9 in); width: 228.5 cm (89.9 in)
Brera Academy

Dante tells the story of Paolo and Francesca, lovers as famous and ill-fated as Hero and Leander, Eloise and Abelard or Romeo and Juliet…

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