''Paolo and Francesca'' is a painting by the French artist

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres ( , ; 29 August 1780 – 14 January 1867) was a French Neoclassicism, Neoclassical Painting, painter. Ingres was profoundly influenced by past artistic traditions and aspired to become the guardian of academic ...

, produced in seven known versions between 1814 and 1850. It derives from the story of

Paolo and Francesca Francesca da Rimini or Francesca da Polenta (died between 1283 and 1286) was a medieval noblewoman of Ravenna, who was murdered by her husband, Giovanni Malatesta, upon his discovery of her affair with his brother, Paolo Malatesta. She was a co ...

Dante Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: '' ...

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Inferno Inferno may refer to: * Hell, an afterlife place of suffering * Conflagration, a large uncontrolled fire Film * ''L'Inferno'', a 1911 Italian film * Inferno (1953 film), ''Inferno'' (1953 film), a film noir by Roy Ward Baker * Inferno (1973 fi ...

''. With Ingres' ''The Engagement of Raphael'', these works represent early examples of the

troubador style Taking its name from medieval troubadours, the Troubadour Style (french: Style troubadour) is a rather derisive term, in English usually applied to French historical painting of the early 19th century with idealised depictions of the Middle Ages a ...

. Of the seven known versions, that in the

Musée des beaux-arts d'Angers The Musée des beaux-arts d'Angers is a museum of art located in a mansion, the "logis Barrault", place Saint-Éloi near the historic city of Angers. Building The museum is part of the Toussaint complex, which includes the garden of Fine Arts, ...

is considered the most complete, notably in the exaggerated form of Paolo, whose neck recalls the same artist's '' Jupiter and Thetis''. The frontality of the composition and the details of the room and clothes refer back to the

Northern Renaissance The Northern Renaissance was the Renaissance that occurred in Europe north of the Alps. From the last years of the 15th century, its Renaissance spread around Europe. Called the Northern Renaissance because it occurred north of the Italian Renais ...

. File:Françoise de Rimini - Ingres - Musée Condé.jpg, Musée Condé, 1814 Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - Paolo et Francesca (1816 drawing).jpg, 1816, Sotheby File:Paolo et Francesca Ingres Angers.jpg, Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers, 1819 File:Gianciotto Discovers Paolo and Francesca Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres.jpg, Musee Bonnat, 1846 File:Ingres - Paolo and Francesca.jpg, Museo Soumaya (Mexico), 1850-60s? (Same version at Sotheby's, 2007 was dated 1856-1860)

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Bibliography

*Daniel Ternois, Ingres, Paris, Fernand Nathan, 1980 () *Robert Rosenblum, Ingres, Paris, Cercle d'Art, coll. « La Bibliothèque des Grands Peintres », 1986 () {{Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres 1819 paintings Paintings by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Paintings in Angers Paintings based on works by Dante Alighieri Paintings in the collection of the Museo Soumaya Cultural depictions of Francesca da Rimini Works based on Inferno (Dante)