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Dante and Virgil at the Entrance to Hell
by Edgar Degas
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French artist Edgar Degas painted this early work showing Dante and his guide Virgil approaching the gates of Hell. The dark composition reflects the influence of Romantic painting on the young artist.
This historical subject predates Degas's famous ballet paintings. The work is in a private collection.
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About Dante and Virgil at the Entrance to Hell
Edgar Degas created this early work before focusing on ballet subjects You can see it at Private Collection. Edgar Degas painted this early work showing Dante and his guide Virgil approaching the gates of Hell.
You can see it at Private Collection in Unknown, Unknown. Edgar Degas created it. Edgar Degas painted this early work showing Dante and his guide Virgil approaching the gates of Hell.
Early in his career, Degas painted historical and literary subjects in the academic tradition. He later abandoned these for modern Parisian life, but his early training in composition shaped all his later work.
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