Graffiacan Grappled Him
All Resolutions
Description:
A man is pulled out of the water by a demon with bat-like wings, who lifts him by the hair with a fork.
This picture illustrates the following passage:
and Graffiacan,
Who of the fiends was nearest, grappling seiz’d
His clotted locks, and dragg’d him sprawling up,
That he appear’d to me an otter.
(Inferno, Canto XXII. Translation: Henry Francis Cary.)
The caption reads in the original French: … Alors Graffiacane, qui était plus près de lui, l’accrocha par sa chevelure souillée de résine.