Suicides In The Forest Dante Inferno Canto 13 Gustave Dore Hell Gothic Vintage Engraving To Frame Black & White

Inferno, Canto 13: The Suicides In The Forest
“When the exasperated soul abandons
The body whence it rent itself away,
Minos consigns it to the seventh abyss.
It falls into the forest, and no part
Is chosen for it; but where Fortune hurls it,
There like a grain of spelt it germinates.
It springs a sapling, and a forest tree;
The Harpies, feeding then upon its leaves,
Do pain create, and for the pain an outlet.Like others for our spoils shall we return;
But not that any one may them revest,
For ’tis not just to have what one casts off.
Here we shall drag them, and along the dismal
Forest our bodies shall suspended be,
Each to the thorn of his molested shade.”
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Paul Gustave Doré 1832 – 1883 was a French artist, engraver, illustrator, and sculptor. Doré worked primarily with wood engraving and steel engraving.

This original 9" x 13" reprint from Italy is from 1939. It's printed on quality paper and is in lovely condition. It's tanned just a tiny bit to a light ecru color (think vanilla ice cream), and it's blank on the reverse side. Virgil and Dante would be simply fabulous matted in a bright color and framed in either black or gold.

Matted, framed, and displayed as a gallery grouping, these fabulous black and white vintage book prints are simply spectacular. (Please note that the framed examples in the last photos are to show how this might look when it's matted and framed. Your print will come to you unmatted and unframed.)

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I'll send this wonderful old illustration to you by way of those nice folks at the USPS packed flat and protected in a rigid mailer.
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