The Circle of Traitors: Dante Striking against Bocca degli Abati

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But, passing 'midst the heads, my foot did strike
With violent blow against the face of one.
"Wherefore dost bruise me?" weeping he excaim'd.
(Hell; Canto XXXII, line 77.)

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Artist

Name:
Blake, William
Dates:
1757-1827
Country:
UK

Illustration

Subject:
Narratives
Technique:
Metal Engraving
Engraver:
Blake, William
Format:
Landscape (wider)
Source:
McGill University Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Blake's illustrations to Dante
Author:
Blake, William
Publisher:
London: Linnell, John, n.d. [1838]

Description:

Copper-plate engraving showing a scene from the ninth circle of Hell: Dante and Virgil stand side by side on a frozen lake where human figures partly emerge, caught in ice. Dante stumbles against Bocca degli Abati, a traitor to the Guelfs, as more frozen bodies can be seen on the right embedded in rocks.

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