Hippolyte_Flandrin_-_Le_Dante,_conduit_par_Virgile,_offre_des_consolations_aux_âmes_des_Envieux

''Dante in Hell'' or ''Dante, led by Virgil, Consoles the Souls of the Envious'' is an 1835 oil-on-canvas painting by

Hippolyte Flandrin Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin (23 March 1809 – 21 March 1864) was a French Neoclassical painter. His most celebrated work, ''Study (Flandrin), Jeune Homme Nu Assis au Bord de la Mer'' ("Young Male Nude Seated beside the Sea"), from 1836, is held in ...

. Contrary to its primary title, it shows a scene from the Circle of the Envious, the second circle of

Purgatory Purgatory (, borrowed into English via Anglo-Norman and Old French) is, according to the belief of some Christian denominations (mostly Catholic), an intermediate state after physical death for expiatory purification. The process of purgatory ...

in Canto III of ''

Purgatorio ''Purgatorio'' (; Italian for "Purgatory") is the second part of Dante's ''Divine Comedy'', following the '' Inferno'' and preceding the '' Paradiso''. The poem was written in the early 14th century. It is an allegory telling of the climb of D ...

''. The scene depicts Dante on the mountain of Purgatorio trying to comfort the blind men. It is now in the

Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon The Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon (french: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon) is a municipal museum of fine arts in the French city of Lyon. Located near the Place des Terreaux, it is housed in a former Benedictine convent which was active during the 1 ...

Sources

* This source analyzes the third canto of Purgatorio. * "Flandrin family." Grove Art Online. 2003. Oxford University Press. Date of access 10 Dec. 2020, This article focuses on the Flandrin family. Contains a long portion about Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin and his artistic career. Highlights his achievements and artistic focuses. * This article is an in-depth look at Hippolyte Flandrin's career and specifically his downfall as an artist despite being one of Ingres’s most accomplished students. *Lagrange, Léon, "Hippolyte Flandrin, sa vie et ses œuvres", in ''Le Correspondant'', 11 Avril 1864, p745 {{DEFAULTSORT:Dante in Hell Paintings by Hippolyte Flandrin Paintings based on works by Dante Alighieri Cultural depictions of Dante Alighieri 1835 paintings Paintings in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon Works based on Purgatorio