La Barque de Dante
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La Barque de Dante is a famous 1822 Romantic oil painting by Eugène Delacroix depicting Dante and Virgil crossing the River Styx from Dante’s Inferno.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Romantic painting
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oil painting ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | Dante et Virgile aux enfers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Dante Alighieri’s Inferno
NERFINISHED
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Divine Comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ Inferno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Paris ⓘ |
| collection | Musée du Louvre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionYear | 1822 ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Eugène Delacroix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| depictionContext | scene from Dante’s Inferno ⓘ |
| depicts |
Dante Alighieri
NERFINISHED
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River Styx NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgil NERFINISHED ⓘ boat ⓘ damned souls ⓘ storm ⓘ |
| depictsCharacterRole |
Dante as pilgrim
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Virgil as guide ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Salon of 1822 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Romanticism
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history painting ⓘ literary painting ⓘ |
| hasColorCharacteristic |
dramatic contrasts of light and shadow
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vivid reds and greens ⓘ |
| inception | 1822 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Baroque painting
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Michelangelo NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Paul Rubens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none ⓘ |
| location | Louvre Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| narrativeMoment | Dante and Virgil crossing the River Styx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La Barque de Dante NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
Delacroix’s first major public success
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early masterpiece of French Romanticism ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
afterlife
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hell ⓘ mythological river ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| title |
Dante and Virgil in Hell
NERFINISHED
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La Barque de Dante NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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